Synopsis:
A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends- the Liars- whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.
Read it, and if anyone asks you how it ends. Just LIE.
Review:
This book is beautiful, and thrilling and just incredible. It follows the protagonist Cadence Sinclair and what happens one deadly summer night on her family’s private island off the coast of Massachusetts. E Lockhart manipulates you into thinking you know what’s going on, but that’s not the case at all. There are so many twists and turns in this book it’s hard to keep track, but that’s what I love about it. She takes you on a literary journey over the course of 225 pages. Every time you think you know what’s going on she surprises you in the next chapter. The characters are really the stars of the show though; First there’s Cadence. She’s obviously damaged, brilliant and helpless. She has no plan in life and is clueless of what’s going on in front of her, There’s Mirren… who’s respectful and loves everyone to death no matter how bad they are. She loves everyone equally and doesn’t pick favourites. She just doesn’t love herself. There’s Johnny, he’s bright, energetic and happy about his painfully privileged life. He doesn’t mind that he doesn’t know the servers names. he’s very happy with his life as it is; and then there’s Gat. He’s always felt like an outsider in the family and hates them all in different ways. Some more then others. I’m not sure if I have a favourite character. I love them all equally and hate them equally as well. This book is incredible and definitely on my favourites list of books. I would recommend this book To anyone who loves a good red herring. I know I do. All in all, I would read this book 10 times and not get bored of it. That’s how good it is.
Recommended ages 11 and up…
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