Summary:
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.
We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.
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Thoughts:
The brief summary sounded intriguing and I hadn't even pause to ponder the worse scenarios EVER.
Cady met an accident, but she couldn't remember it, nor the events that happened during her summer fifteen. She thought she drowned. No one ever mentioned the events of summer fifteen to her because she was ill, suffering from an incurable migraine.
Cady grew up spending every summer with Johnny, Mirrin and Gat. They were The Liars. No one ever mentioned their life outside this private island. Cady was in love with Gat, but they could not be together. Cady's grandad was a control freak, and he was filthy rich.
Summer fifteen, Cady's granny passed away. She had an accident. Everything changed. Cady never spoke to The Liars anymore, till she went back in summer seventeen. Her memories started coming back. She remembered during summer fifteen, The Liars burned the house down because they wanted freedom from being controlled by the need of money. They were drunk. They each poured gasoline on each floor. Gat had the basement, Cady had the kitchen, Johnny and Mirrin had the second level. Only Cady survived. She lit the fire and accidentally locked everyone else in. They died screaming. The figures she saw during her summer seventeen, they were the ghosts. The ghosts moved on. And now, Cady lives alive alone.
I was shocked by the twist. I thought that everyone stopped contacting her because the friendship wasn't real. But it was because they were dead. Dead. I also thought Gat decided that he didn't love Cady enough, but he loved Cady since day one when they met.
So heartbreaking. My tears did come out. Almost.
The brief summary sounded intriguing and I hadn't even pause to ponder the worse scenarios EVER.
Cady met an accident, but she couldn't remember it, nor the events that happened during her summer fifteen. She thought she drowned. No one ever mentioned the events of summer fifteen to her because she was ill, suffering from an incurable migraine.
Cady grew up spending every summer with Johnny, Mirrin and Gat. They were The Liars. No one ever mentioned their life outside this private island. Cady was in love with Gat, but they could not be together. Cady's grandad was a control freak, and he was filthy rich.
Summer fifteen, Cady's granny passed away. She had an accident. Everything changed. Cady never spoke to The Liars anymore, till she went back in summer seventeen. Her memories started coming back. She remembered during summer fifteen, The Liars burned the house down because they wanted freedom from being controlled by the need of money. They were drunk. They each poured gasoline on each floor. Gat had the basement, Cady had the kitchen, Johnny and Mirrin had the second level. Only Cady survived. She lit the fire and accidentally locked everyone else in. They died screaming. The figures she saw during her summer seventeen, they were the ghosts. The ghosts moved on. And now, Cady lives alive alone.
I was shocked by the twist. I thought that everyone stopped contacting her because the friendship wasn't real. But it was because they were dead. Dead. I also thought Gat decided that he didn't love Cady enough, but he loved Cady since day one when they met.
So heartbreaking. My tears did come out. Almost.
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