christa

I love We Were Liars. I have to be honest and say that it's not for everyone. It's slow and sometimes boring. It's all about patience. I recommended it to two people; one of which read it in 2 days, another of which read to page 10 and quit. The ending is the best part and I'm sure you'll be so surprised, you'll have to reread the last chapter to make sure you read it right. Give it a chance, it's amazing.

I initially really loved this and had given it a 5 star review. Then I read a comment about how this books screams privilege, decided to give it a 4 star. Then realized that's the point. There's an obvious “privilege” here and as a black girl who sees privilege and injustice in everything without wanting to, it was so obvious but didn't effect the way I read this. Regardless, this is good work.

I will never quite agree with people who say this isn't interesting though. When the plot wasn't, the language and thought process of the main character was. There was never a seemingly “dull” moment.

This was a great story. There was many times when I wanted to squeal with excitement, die of laughter, and punch someone's face in. I was so conflicted as to how I wanted it to turn out to end, but the ending surprised me a little. SPOILERS I didn't expect Amelia and Chris to NOT to end up together, but they just didn't. Even though they're like 6 years apart. (Or seven, Idk) You usually read a book and you expect for everything and everyone to live happily ever after. This is not like that. It's real, raw, and a great read.