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We Were Liars
We Were Liars
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July 1, 2014
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July 31, 2014
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What Members Thought

Shawna
May 01, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Goosebumps! I guessed the twist ending, but it still affected me when I read it.
2 likes ·   · see review
alana
Jul 31, 2014 rated it it was ok
Shelves: young-adult, addicted-to-ya-2014-books, mental-health
I found We Were Liars to be overly angsty and predictable. A young girl has lost her memory due to some trauma relating to her summer holiday's on her posh family's personal island. She finally returns to the island, and her memories start to return. Sad, disturbing things happened, but the foreshadowing is heavy making the mystery easy to unravel.

I really didn't like the lapse into poetic prose. Also, the whole upper crust debate over family inheritance seems more like a mythic American culture ...more
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