We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

We Were Liars

by E. Lockhart

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. Don't miss the #1 New York Times bestselling prequel, Family of Liars.

A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.

"Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart, We Were Liars is utterly unforgettable." —John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars

Reviewed by pamela on

5 of 5 stars

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E. Lockhart has written a book that simply can't be described. A description of the plot makes it sound boring, and going in to too much detail ruins the effect. 'We Were Liars' is equal parts charming and confronting with a whopping twist at the end which punched me right in the feels.

It is a tale of teenage love written in a way which reminds you how it felt to be fifteen and besotted, with a smattering of 'Brideshead Revisted' and 'Wuthering Heights' thrown in. It's genre bending, poignant, beautiful, tragic, nostalgic, heartbreaking and unexpected. I loved every moment of it.

I won't tell you about the characters, I won't tell you about the events, I won't tell you about Lockhart's writing style (which incidentally is flawless). What I will tell you is that you need to pick up this book. It's a stunning piece of literature.

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