Review by claudcloud - We Were Liars

claudcloud 's review for:

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

2.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This gets the two stars I gave it purely because I was too curious not to see what happens, and because the ending tugged at my heartstrings and made me tear up. However, those two things have to do more with me as a person rather than the book being good - so it only gets two stars.

I just can't sympathize with extravagantly rich white people who have no backbone and only rely on daddy's money to get by. And that's basically the whole book. I did sympathize with Cady as a character a little bit, and to the trauma that she's going through, but even that wasn't enough to make me really care. Gat was the only character with a level head on his shoulders, and him actively calling out all the racism that him and his uncle were subjected to was one of the only enjoyable parts of this narrative. Alongside the Liars' dynamic, because I'm a sucker for friendship, I guess.

Speaking of narrative, the writing style? Was not that good either.

When you have
to make your paragraphs look
like this
and this
just to stand out,

you're not doing a good job, in my opinion. If I had read this years ago, when my brain was a little less developed, I do feel like I would've eaten it up - but I like to think that I've developed some more critical skills over the years, so overall this was just very meh for me.