Another thing I loved was how different the characters were. The whole book is from Cady’s first-person narrative, and as you can tell, that narrative is very individual only to Cadence. The writing style and the prose would have been completely different if it had been from any of the other characters’ perspectives. Imagine if Gat or Johnny or Mirren had narrated this. Cadence later realizes that Johnny, Mirren, and Gat also died in the fire because she had prematurely set fire to the ground floor and trapped Johnny and Mirren on higher floors and Gat in the basement, preventing their escape as the house burnt down. She goes to visit the Liars at Cuddledown where they tell her that their deaths were not her fault (as they share responsibility) and reveal that they will no longer be able to appear to her, with Gat giving her a final kiss and the three of them diving into the ocean and disappearing. It is revealed that Carrie and Ed are still together, Cadence and her mother start to reconcile and she endeavors to live her life and endure.

As things started to heat up and I reached the cusp of the climax, the narrator's voice increased in intensity. She began talking faster, became very emotional, then suddenly on the verge of tears! It's not terrible. But there's almost no plot at all. The "Liars" are more "Talkers," and they have almost no relevant role in the book because this book is about a pretentious girl with nothing but #whitegirlproblems and #richpeopleproblems. The aforementioned "Liars" don't do anything in this book, they're not witty, they're not cute, they don't give off the sense of closeness and kinship that you get from growing up with someone their entire life. Hell, they're nowhere near Dead Poets Society kind of interesting. Our family has always loved fairy tales. There is something ugly and true in them. They hurt, they are strange, but we cannot stop reading them, over and over.

Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close This book is the prequel to We Were Liars and contains spoilers. I highly recommend reading We Were Liars before the prequel. HOWEVER, THIS REVIEW WILL AVOID ALL SPOILERS.*** I have a theory. I have a theory about this book that I'm really excited to discuss so I'm going to make a video about it! The Sinclairs are athletic, tall, and handsome. We are old-money Democrats. Our smiles are wide, our chins square, and our tennis serves aggressive.

The title. It does't make sense to me. I don't want to say anything in case spoilers, but I don't think it's the perfect title. I love this book. I really do. I didn't expect to, but then I just fell in love with it and now it's an obsession. If you want to read We Were Liars, don’t read this. It has a massive spoiler from the very first sentence. It definitely fits more into the sequel category, though it is set before WWL. If you have literally no interest in We Were Liars but a strange feeling that you want to give this one a go, I would say it works as a standalone. It’s very different from WWL in the best way possible, it stands on its own two feet and tells its own story. the prequel follows 17 year old Caroline “Carrie” Sinclair, one of the three Sinclair sisters and Johnny’s (from We Were Liars) mother, during one unforgettable summer. it was very reminiscent of the first book, but stands entirely on its own. stylistically, both books are similar, the narrative style of this book echoing the narration of the first. but plot wise, they’re nothing alike.

Para empezar, el punto de que los Sinclair sean una familia con una isla privada y hablando de herencias y cosas de ricos me ha hecho desconectar casi desde el principio. Puedo entender algunos de los conflictos, pero no son conflictos realistas para personas de 15-16 años como tienen los protagonistas. Son problemas de gente rica, y lo siento, pero es que me da cringe. Eso para empezar. so im aware my rating is gonna be a little bias bcos it has so much adolescent nostalgia behind it. so again, keep that in mind if you’re wondering if you should give this ago. My story starts before the accident. June of the summer I was fifteen, my father ran off with some woman he loved more than us.

Hedeen, Katrina (May 6, 2014). "Review of We Were Liars". The Horn Book Magazine . Retrieved June 9, 2015. It wasn’t the most traditional sense of mental health representation, but it still gave a very unique look at trauma rep. The trippy, metaphorical writing layered with the distortion from Cadence’s mind added so much to the plot. It made things so much more...confusing, but in a dreamy way. I do not know what changed. This is the story about a girl's headaches. Why did I go into the water alone at night?I believe you’ll want to talk about this book with someone else who has read it. So read this ARC and give the duplicate to a friend, and let the conversation begin! Whatever you do, don’t spoil it for the people who haven’t read it yet.

It’s a dumb idea,” says Mirren. “We’re just bored out of our minds, that’s all.” They're not the only ones bored out of their mind. So all I’m going to do is to give you a little character description. The rest you’ll have to figure out on your own. XD Pfeff’s flirting with Caroline, giving a romantic first kiss in the moonlight, awakes so many foreign feelings and pure excitement Caroline has never felt before.I don't know how I feel about the ending. I seem to be one of the few readers who hasn't seen a similar movie and wasn't really thinking about the big plot twist, so when I got to the ending, I was completely floored. But, I agree. For "smart kids" they should've been smart enough to think about the consequences of this idea. And the idea of this being covered up...if I was Gat's mom, I'd be so angry if someone tried to "cover up" my son's death. That seemed a little unbelievable to me. A brute beneath a pleasant surface, betraying his kindness in letting me come to his sheltered island every year – I’ve betrayed him by seducing his Catherine, his Cadence. And my penance is to become the monster he always saw in me.”