Review: E. Lockhart's "We Were Liars"

     Another day of doing nothing has brought me into a new experience of thrillers and twists when I decided to read this book. "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart tells us about a rich and privileged family, the Sinclairs, enjoying their summer holiday on their private island. Nothing could go wrong, until our protagonist Cady, started to tell us about her accident which she couldn't remember in the summer two years ago. Every summer, she spent with her 2 cousins, Mirren and Johnny, also an outsider Gat. Together, they were The Liars. But something clearly happened between them in the summer two years ago... which Cady couldn't remember. I won't tell you more details about the plot, but I guarantee this is an interesting one :)) Questions and curiosity started to build up, and at the finale, the answer left me feeling heartbroken and devastated for the characters. So far, this book made it into my top 10 list of "books that wrecks me" along with Lisa Jewell's "TheFamily Upstairs" and "Then She Was Gone"

    I have never finished a book in one sitting and this one is just so captivating. The flow of the story really got me hooked on the first chapter, and it kept me wanting to know more about the characters and the conflicts, especially Cady. There are topics of mental health issues mentioned here, also trigger warning of self-harm. Cady suffered a brain injury after the accident and taking medicine and the irritating headache has become her routine. She's also struggling with partial memory loss, especially memories regarding the accident and her last summer holiday which her mom never told her. 

    Other issues as classism and racism also mentioned here. The Sinclair was known as a privileged, rich, Caucasian family who never really got the time to at least care about other people besides them. They indulge in expensive wine, luxurious furniture, food, also plenty of staff and housekeepers who would settle things up for them. One of the characters, Gat who is of Indian descent, notice that there are differences in how the family treated him and the housekeepers, Ginny and Paulo, who are Hispanic. This is mentioned when Gat talks to Cady about Ginny and Paulo, Cady doesn't remember their name because she only sees them as "staffs" or "housekeepers". 

    Regardless of this book's amazing twist and plotline, the writing style is kind of a miss for me. I don't really like a line of a sentence but only two words.

like this

and this

and this book has a lot of it.

Anyways, I'm going to give this 3.5/5 for making me devastated at the plot reveal and conflict!