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Big Little Lies

Liane Moriarty

Start date: September 1, 2014

Finish date: September 30, 2014

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Jul 30, 2014 Nea rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, chicklit, region_oceania

I'm not a huge chick-lit fan, but I was drawn to this book because it's also categorized as mystery. My expectation was a "whodunit" situation, so I was a little annoyed that the "it" wasn't revealed until the very end of the book. I didn't exactly love this unique approach to mystery. Instead of building suspense around who committed the crime, 90% of the book is about waiting for the crime to happen. There is a massive amount of foreshadowing so you know that a murder is coming, but it takes 4 ...more

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Dec 02, 2014 Seymone rated it really liked it

This storyline, so much better than "The Husband's Secret". This storyline was so interesting and captivated my attention. I definitely did not expect the ending! ...more

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Sep 14, 2014 Denise rated it liked it

Big Little Lies discusses the various secrets that women keep hidden from the people around them. It also displays a group of women’s response to when those secrets are revealed. A murder has occurred at the elementary school but no one will admit to seeing anything. The book details all the events that led up to the trivia night murder. This was an easy read with a few slow parts throughout the book. The humor in the book kept me reading though. I do think it was a true depiction of how women i ...more

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Jan 05, 2015 Shelly Ellis rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Great book! Was a great mix of soap opera, suburban drama, humor, and understanding of the human psyche. It also was a mystery. I had guessed part of the ending but not all of it.

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