We were liars, by E. Lockhart |Book review

Author: E. Lockhart

Genre: Young adult fiction(YA)

Phycological thriller

Romance

Story Plot:

The story plot revolves around Cadence Sinclair Eastman the eldest grandchild of Harris Sinclair, who is also the narrator of this novel. She is born with a silver spoon, and is part of the family where everything and everyone are perfect, or at least they pretend to be. She grows up in a materialistic environment where grieving and healing are unacknowledged and considered a taboo. Herself, Mirren, Johnny and Gat make up the "Liars" who go to the Beechwood island owned by Harris, every summer. Like, every summer, the liars were to go to the island when they were 15, which the author refers to as the summer fifteen. Gat and Cadence who liked each other from the very beginning, confess their feelings for each other, and they establish a relationship. Unfortunately, this summer has a shocking and depressing turn of events, about which the entire book is based upon. Cadence had hurt her head severely on a rock in summer 15, and suffered selective amnesia and awful migraines, which had caused her to fail her academics. She had completely forgot about summer 15, and what had caused her accident.

Theme:

We were liars mainly targets the consequences of one's mistakes, and the importance of grief and healing after a forlorn incident. Some of the main themes of this novel are Wealth and greed, Relationship vs family, Death, loss and memory, psychology. It portrays the life of wealthy people, who also have problems in life, unlike the popular opinion, where rich people are believed to have a 'Perfect life'

My Thoughts:

We were Liars is a mediocre book by e. Lockhart which was thrilling, beautiful and severely smart. It had a descriptive and poetic tone to it and a joyful setting. Through the first few chapters, the novel describes the character and life of each characters, which provides a better insight into the book. The writing style was unique and quirky, although it had many annoying sentence formations which were irrelevant and illogical. I liked the variants of fairy tales written by the author which was associated with the characters of this book. On the other hand, some of the usage of metaphors in this novel weren't apt to the scenario and often caused confusion. I felt like The message implied in this novel was something which definitely needed to be addressed. The importance of grief and healing after a dreadful incident is most crucial. Keeping the pain within ourselves and not acknowledging it can cause tremendous health hazards in the long run. As the author builds up the suspense and captivates the reader, the ending is the most essential part, which needs to be convincing. However, the ending was not impressive at all. Overall, this is an average YA novel, which has a influential message, a unique writing style and lacks a compelling ending

Rating: ★★★☆☆

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