We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

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[@PixieCrafts]

I don't know if anyone noticed, but I think the cover is suppose to depict the part where Gat, Johnny, and Mirren go into the ocean. I remember looking at the cover while I was reading it and wondering why there are only 3 people on it instead of 4.

[@Bookables]

Ooooh good eye!

[@erin5515]

+Amie Also the title , the s on the end of liars is fading. idk if it's just me i just think its a really big hint as there is only one remaining liar, Cadence.

[@nandinisharna3466]

I saw it ..but i didn't think that much

[@VanessaMarieBooks]

OMG, totally agree about the dogs. Way more sad about their deaths than the liars.

[@necia828]

I LOVED this book. It also just got optioned for a movie so yea that might happen!

[@Bookables]

I hope so!

[@noodle089]

That was one of the first things I said on Good Reads after I finished it. That I hope they make it into a movie. I think it'd make a pretty great movie.

[@CharleyReadsBookTube]

I was also mainly upset about the dogs rather than the kids. The ending made me read the last 10 pages like 5 times too, crazy. I read this on netgalley but i'm definitely gonna try and get hold of it again to read again.

[@Bookables]

Awesome! I think everyone was really depressed about the dogs lol!

[@ashleybradshaw2497]

So I had to re read the book a few times because I wanted to pick up all the hints and there was this moment that is SO IRONIC but no one seems to catch it. It was when the other 3 liars were sun tanning and cadence comes up and asks if their wearing lotion and johnny says "I won't burn" like oh my gosh I just got my mind blown lol

[@TeaLeavesAndBookBindings]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was confused about the shotgun thing. I thought it really happened for a second and was like, "Wait! Isn't the big thing supposed to be at the end!?" I also read it in one sitting just because I had to know. I was so upset by the dogs! I thought, "Oh, no! Puppies!!!!" but when I found out they were all dead I was like, "What!?" but didn't care as much about them.

[@Bookables]

Crazy about the metaphor thing!

[@jakku4327]

First of all, nice review! And yeah, the(spoiler alert) liars were definitely ghosts(not hallucinations). In my review I talk about this, but in chapter 22 taft calls cadence and says that he thinks cuddledown is haunted. Later during summer 17, cadence sits with the liars on the roof of cuddledown and they hang out there quite a bit. Definitely seems like there’s a connection!

[@CooleenBooks]

At first I didn't like the book but I told myself that I should finish it since it's very short. I'm soo glad I kept going. My mind was blown and I just couldn't believe I missed the hints :(

[@ellieschwartz8431]

I felt the exact same way about everything! The end was a huge surprise and I would never have guessed that would happen!! Great book talk.

[@RosieOutdoors]

I finished this book last night. I liked the way it was written, the metaphors were confusion though I had to re-read stuff. I had no idea any of them were dead so the end was a massive shock, I'm not sure how I feel about the idea that they were ghosts / in her conscience. The dogs, those poor dogs…It was a good book, I got through it quickly but like you I liked it but I didn't love it.

[@Bookables]

I felt the same way!

[@franciscaribeiro4431]

I loved this book! I had never read anything like it and it will for sure stick with me for a long time. As for the reason why they are called 'The Liars', I think is meant to be ironic, sort of. Like, the adults were the ones who lived in the lies and, basicly, lied. So their group would be called the liars, because in that family, they were the ones who actually didn't lie. Does that make sense? I hope it does, because that is how I see it. :) Great video, by the way!

[@carleene18]

I loved this book. I agreed with all the mystery and amazing writing in metaphors, etc. I liked it because it is something I think many families can relate to in the fact that so often there is an image to live up to or someone they feel they must please. There is a lot of dependency on the patriarch of the family as the three Aunt's were greedy in part, because there financial stability as they knew may be coming to an end. They were rearranging their own wants and lives in order to keep their father happy so that they would not be cut from the money tree. The saddest thing I think is that so much of what happens seems to be based on greed but really I think it is on keeping secrets, on living to please someone else and feeling like you have to bribe or manipulate love from them. It is also something that seems to have been passed down. The younger kids like Cady did not want to live like that and wanted it to stop and in that desire, made immature plans that are typical of confused and hurting teens that brought about so much devastation and heartache, that could have been avoided with unconditional love and acceptance. Great life lessons can be taken away from this book. Just a few of my thoughts but yes, I will add, the loss of the dogs was so sad, as they were the innocents in all of this. :(

[@Bookables]

I know! Poor doggies! :(

[@TabbyNCD]

I felt so bad for the dogs too! I definitely had to take a moment before continuing on with the story. It actually took me a while to figure out that the gun shot in the beginning was a metaphor. One of my theories was that Cady was dead the whole time and just couldn't remember dying. I would love to read this again and try to pick up on clues I may have missed. I also loved the fairy tales in the beginning of some of the sections.

[@Bookables]

Me too! I wanna read it and see if there were ton of clues!

[@mikei.7931]

There don't need to be a 'we were liars' movie because it already exist. Its called 'the uninvited'. I was really disappointed by this book( and I did follow everyone's advice by knowing as little as possible) and my prediction was 100% correct. SPOILER ALERT: I guess all three were dead earlier on in my reading( I notice the clues and it was quite easy to spot them) yet I continued reading it, hoping I was wrong.

[@firstmatador]

My problem with this book was that I guessed that the three of'em died right after no one of'em replied to cady's emails. Which was confirmed more when Cady's conversations with the three others were always away from the others. I think it was pretty obvious. So it was really challenging for me to be patient n finish it.

[@sarahhoch8138]

What if it was gilderoy Lockhart

[@LifeOfNaye]

I feel like if this book was a bit longer I might have cared more about the characters. I didn't know about them enough or read about them long enough to have an attachment to them. I think that's the only downfall about this book. Other than that the writing style is absolutely stunning. I felt like it was pure poetry. And the twist was incredible, I loved how after you find out about the twist you can just think back of things and it all starts to click. Like you said this would make an amazing movie. Especially if it's advertised as this cutesy teenage summer love story. It'll hit viewers like a ton of bricks.

[@bookishsophia]

wonderful review, heather! i agree with so many of your points. we were liars has gotten optioned for film, which is SUPER exciting. i've seen some people compare this book to shutter island, so i think it could be turned into a p freaking cool movie.

[@Bookables]

It would be an AWESOME movie!

[@ejslax]

thebookbasement Shatter Island is another movie that has blown my mind. I hope We Were Liars will surpass the awesomeness of Shutter Island.

[@raeshelgoesglobal]

this book was just really confusing for me to read and it did boggle my mind! i think i gave it 3.5 stars because i didnt love it but it was wonderfully written and it was different for me to read something like it but i'm glad i did(:

[@Bookables]

I also gave it a 3.5!

[@Iamso4u]

I did not see the ending coming at all. And I can't believe I didn't see it. Definitely a one time read though. I got a little bored at parts, but I had to know what happened. I'm glad I finished it. Great review. ;)

[@whatisreading]

While reading this book the only thing i was thinking is how to translate this story in to film. I agree with you, this could be a good movie. Great review.

[@CarolinaFlorezC]

TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU WHEN YOU SAY THIS WOULD MAKE A GREAT MOVIE! I HOPE THEY MAKE IT HAPPEN AT SOME POINT CAUSE I'D LOOOOOOVEEEEE TO WATCH IT!

[@Abouttoread]

I freaking loved Mara Dyer! I had the same reaction to page 5. I wish my reading experience was more similar to yours. I had a feeling someone was dead too, but I thought it was Cadence at first. At pg 60 I figured out the three liars were dead and then I had like 140 pages to go, but I already figured it out :/

[@12sodium13]

I read this book at the end of last month and I absolutely loved it! The ending was so shocking D:

[@Bookables]

Def!

[@AnieNiusika]

There was smth mentioned about the recovery process and how doctors said that she can spend some time on the island after a year or so and after that she'll be better. So I think that her imagining her friends was a part of recovery and when she finally let the whole situation go and came in terms with what happend, that's when when they left. RIP Fatima and Prince Phillip.

[@CaptainRoz]

I absolutely agree about the dogs! I was so upset by that part, the way she described it was so horrible! I really enjoyed this book, I thought it was so cleverly done and I found Candence such an intriguing character. And oh my the ending! I was the same and thought someone would die, but I never thought THAT would happen!

[@Bookables]

Me either!!!!

[@jamiebreutzmann7737]

You and Jesse said some of the same things! I just finished it today and for sure it has stuck with me, i cant get it out of my head either! I really enjoyed it but its defiantly not a absolute favorite! Really want a movie too!

[@sashabsanti]

What the crap this book was freaking insane. Like between the metaphors, the freaking dogs dying, and then just them all being dead. I can't it was just so shocking! I kind of suspected they were dead when Cady saw her aunt outside crying wearing Johnny's jacket. But then bc of how unreliable the narrator is I was just like no way. I love how everything came together in the end and I felt so dumb that i missed so many of those clues. This would he an awesome movie so glad I read it! Woah and I cried so much...I can't believe how much it affected me. I'm such a wimp Lol. Awesome review!

[@Bookables]

I felt so dumb too! I was like HOW DID I MISS THAT? dskldfsjklfdjkldf!!

[@igotbieberfever9723]

I agreed with all you said. I really enjoyed the book, the mystery aspect of it was very suspenseful. I would have never guessed that ending, which was new for me because even though I LOVE contemporary novels, the endings are very predictable a lot of the time. I started to get an inkling that Gat was dead right before the whole truth was reveled but I never would have guessed with Johnny or Mirren. Once the truth was revealed however, so much more started to make sense. As I was looking back everything came together (Mirren's sickness, Gat's secret he couldn't tell, the cliff jumping scene, etc.) All together though I really enjoyed the book and the ending is definitely like you said one you will never forget.

[@amem6378]

For a brief while, I thought that Cadence herself was dead, But then, all those interactions with her mum and the family So the twist really caught me off guard

[@roseberry14]

Yes! This would be a great movie, hopefully one day it will be. I personally didn't love this book. I thought that it was just okay. I didn't connect with any of the characters or like any of them that was probably the authors intention though. I didn't guess the ending but I wasn't surprised either, I kind of just accepted it. The writing was wonderful. I adored the fairytale aspect and the beautiful yet strange metaphors.

[@Bookables]

I didn't connect with any of the characters either! I think everyone feels that way lol!

[@vezzacc]

On the British edition the synopsis on the back is sooo brief compared to yours. We get no detail at all about them being Sinclairs and going to the summer house. :o

[@kendall2428]

Agree completely on your thoughts, just finished it today and still processing what all happened. Would still love to know why they first started labeling themselves as "the liars" though.

[@seoulologyy]

Reading the comments about the dogs...LOL. I felt the same way! The dogs gutted me, but the ending was just a shock.

[@courtneykaz7028]

i also think this book would make an amazing movie!

[@Bookables]

Yes def!

[@AmandaHoranGoBookYourself]

This book got so much hype that it was going to be hard to live up to. I haven't read it yet and I don't know much about it either ( how that happened I don't know because everyone's talking about it!) I might give it a go

[@Bookables]

Please do!

[@nataliechiodo2018]

I liked it but the ending threw me off lol but great book !!'

[@noodle089]

I had a sneaking suspicion about the ending, but when I got to the reveal I was flipping out. I didn't have anyone else in the room with me and I still looked up and went, "OH MY GOD!" The funny thing is, if you look at the hashtag on Twitter about We Were Liars, the general consensus is, "OH MY GOD!" or... "WHAT EVEN?!" haha

[@Bookables]

what even?!

[@hayleynorwood1709]

I really enjoyed this book! I read it with the booksplosion group on goodreads. I was shocked about how the book ended! It was a great mystery book and I read it in a day! Great book!

[@Bookables]

Yes!

[@readersanonymous7577]

Yes!! I was so confused when she said her dad shot her! I was all excited for a second then really confused. Haha. And I was much sadder about the dogs than the teenagers!! I'm glad to know others felt the same way about the book. Love the videos, keep up the great work! :)

[@Bookables]

Me too!

[@castinglords7065]

Great book-talk video, well done lady heather.

[@Bookables]

Thanks!

[@fireballx90]

Cannot wait to read this one, I have heard alot of mixed things though.

[@Bookables]

Yeah, it's either a take it or leave it kind of book. I somewhat fall in the middle lol!

[@moonlitnic]

i really think it'd be a great movie too! the ending would be kind of like the movie safe haven?

[@danielamorataya5997]

Heather! Can you make a summer read book video? I'm looking for a good summer read!

[@katehappe2583]

This is going on the reading list!

[@AnieNiusika]

And also I forgot to mention that IMO the fact that the reader wouldn't connect with the characrers is what the author kept in mind while writing it. She mentiones all the time that the Sinclairs are blonde and perfect and cold and everything so if the reader would love at least one of them the story would not be as shocking that's why the book itself is short. The author emphasised Cady's situation and it wouldn't be the same if she went into descriptions of characters. Even the writing style is different. The sentences are short. This is what makes the book unique.

[@aprilsantos9877]

I gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars too just for the writing but halfway through the book I already have a hunch that Gat, Mirren and Johnny are already dead and just a product of Cadence's hallucinations. Not a fan but I'm still glad I read it.

[@Bookables]

glad you enjoyed it!

[@Friendsmakelifegood]

i loved this book so much!

[@elliegator2002]

I agree the characters weren't really relatable and Cadence was not a reliable narrator at all which enhanced the mystery of this story. I enjoyed her exaggerations of how much she had to keep bottled up to "be normal." I'm tempted to have my 9th graders read this for examples of unreliable narrators, ambiguity, and exaggeration. I always love seeing the "wth just happened" look on their faces after a good story. I felt worse for the dogs than the kids as well. :-) Cheers!

[@Bookables]

Yes! She was so unreliable!

[@stephanieashcraft6247]

I had a very similar reaction to yours about this book. I liked it. I didn't love it. I felt compelled to read it in one sitting and in the end I just kept thinking "What the hell did I just read?" But I already have a list of people I want to suggest this book to because the need to talk about it more is real.

[@Bookables]

ahahaha yes what did we just read?!

[@gabriellealves6942]

Nice review!!! Basically resumed my thoughts!!

[@jellie2492]

omg thats the same thing i Thought when i finished the book that it would make a perfect movie

[@laurenblankenship128]

They're making it a movie!

[@monicakushwaha475]

You think so? It’s been a long time now

[@NaturallyKatara]

I wanna know who made the mess at the house the three liars stayed at. And also, how did the dead liars know what their aunt said about telling cadence?

[@C8lin08]

I liked this book, but I was kinda bored when I was reading it because I guessed the ending very early on, which was disappointing :( I don't think I would have guessed it except I'd read all these 'spoiler free' reviews about the 'twist' at the end and how much everyone cried when they read the ending. I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I hadn't figured it out so soon haha

[@Bookables]

Lol I feel you!

[@Livingfreelyxxxx]

I was so psyched to read this book....until I kept getting spoiled by booktubers. I found out about this book from videos online so figures I'd be spoiled...didn't even think it'd affect my perception of the book but how wrong was I! I'm so upset because the book was kind of meh to me because of that reason..and only that. I really think I would've enjoyed this read if I hadn't ruined it for myself. But I'm gonna set it down and hopefully pick it up in a couple years... Hopefully I'd forgotten about the story (like what happens with some books I read) and can experience the full affects of what the author was trying to deliver to her readers. Haha

[@saniakhan5318]

Thank you for that im going to go pick this one up now lol

[@Bookables]

Yay!

[@pedrodavidgonzalezmartinez6166]

I have a mixed emotions about this book! The finale is brilliant and freak, lol and you right the worst part was that of the dead dogs! :(

[@shelbyhunt4638]

At first I thought candence was going to die 🙈😅

[@nourfh1]

no one noticed tht even the title had a hint like "we were liars" they were liars idk

[@Bookables]

lol!

[@tinkerspell4850]

I loved the book so much. I also couldn't stop thinking about it. I so didn't like the aunts, in my goodreads review I said they were all your stereotypical shallow rich white woman - and Grandpa... oh Grandpa. What a douche that guy was. I also sort of saw the end - but I wasn't sure if it was all of them or what. It would be a great movie.

[@Bookables]

It def. would!

[@kaybanks8781]

I liked this book, it's a take on the King Lear story. But I didn't love it. The writing was fantastic, but I had some flashbacks to the Maze Runner and what I HATED about that story. In the Maze Runner, everyone seems to know what's going on, but na-na-na-na, we're not going to tell Thomas. It felt the same in this story, that everyone knew what happened and they would almost come out and say, "I know what happened but I'm not going to tell you," and both the reader and Cadence are WTF? What happened? It was so sad to find out what happened at the end, but seriously, what kind of dumb-ass plan was that? It was guaranteed to cause mayhem and death.

[@Bookables]

Ha so true! Maze Runner was confusing as well!

[@pucca513]

whats the other book that you talk about?

[@rachitaghose1663]

You're so cool! New subscriber

[@jordanbenton6923]

I'm the odd one out. I went into it knowing nothing, but I really wish I would have. I thought, based on the title, that I was in for a very different kind of book. Ultimately it was a disappointment. I did rate it 3 stars, but that was strictly for the ending. This book just wasn't for me :/

[@Bookables]

Aw, that's ok! Not one book is for everyone!

[@itsmebiancax]

they are called liars because they are sincLAIRS, that is where the liars part comes from haha no one seems to notice

[@maireadzielinski8037]

Liars and Lairs are not the same word, that doesn't really make sense

[@Katemabob]

I really didn't like this book... I feel like the only person who didn't enjoy it, and would even say it was one of the worst books I've read this year so far... I built myself up for a big plot twist and was so disappointed, I thought it was really predictable and I felt the dogs died unnecessarily!!!

[@Paper_Smith]

I like you :)

[@Bookables]

Thanks!

[@squidwardswift]

Her friends are all dead?!

[@mcendro1]

It would have been a great movie. But now it would be ruined! You would know the whole time what the end is.

[@Bookables]

Yes but my friends don't know! lol!

[@aa19010]

Seems like a rip-off of Shutter Island.

[@Bookables]

I haven't see it! lol