With money comes ease...and luxury...
Perfect summers on a private island.
Sand.
Sun.
Family.
First loves.
With money comes manipulation...petty disagreements...families
splitting at the seams...
And lies.
Cadence's family is perfect.
That's a lie.
At least they get along.
OK, that's a lie, too.
But they're together, on speaking terms, unlike
other families.
Maybe.
That's the thing about We Were Liars: you're
never quite sure what's true, what's been
twisted, what's a fabrication and what's absolute
fact.
Well, here's a fact: You should read this
book.
I LOVED The Disreputable History of Frankie
Landau-Banks—also written by this author—but
I loved We Were Liars even more.
I wouldn't call this a feel-good book.
In fact, it's steeped in more complicated
family dynamics than I think I was prepared
for.
But the slow unraveling of the family's carefully-woven
web of lies is a wonder to behold.
Read We Were Liars for its exquisite plotting,
its deft characterizations, and above all,
its surprise ending.
I'd say that I saw the final reveal coming...except
that would be a lie.
