We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Delacorte Press, May 2014
Whoa. I had a hard time getting into the book at first - I didn't really enjoy the narrator, Cadence. But I stuck through the story and I'm glad I did. I didn't read any of the reviews beforehand I guess,(I simply saw that it was a new book by E. Lockhart and grabbed), because I wasn't aware of the the whole ..."shhh - don't talk about the book, just get people to read it!" factor. So I'm sorry to add to that cliché mass response, but seriously. Don't read ABOUT the book, just .... read the whole book. Until the very end. Well done, Lockhart! I was definitely crying once I realized ... I completely didn't see it coming (ugh, I hate saying that though, because I don't want future readers to be suspicious of anything, haaha - I wasn't and I think that made for a better read).
I will also say that although I did see somewhere that this was more of a deeper, solemn, read, since it was an E. Lockhart book, I expected it at least to have some funny bits of dialogue (Frankie Landau Banks and The Ruby Oliver Series were often hilarious and amazing). It was a different kind of Lockhart book, but I liked it alot, none the less.
Oh yes - I always love that final click, when you really discover what the cover represents in a book - and (minor spoiler alert), I do remember wondering at one point why there were only three people on the cover. I had one of those moments here, too.
I'm going to go for a different sort of YA read-alikes for this one - I'll go for two books that I found boring at the start, but once I stuck through them and finished the story, ended up loving them: The Thief by Megan Whelan Turner and Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver. Likewise, for a book with a twist-that-I-didn't-expect-a-twist-from, (although me telling you this completely defeats the purpose, sorry!): Looking For Alaska by John Green.
