We Were Liars is set the summer Cady is 17. She's back on the island her family owns, looking forward to hanging out with her beloved Liars - especially Gat, who she has not seen in about two years.
Nothing, of course, is at it seems or as simple as Cady wishes it was.
Two years ago - what Cady refers to as summer fifteen - something terrible happened. Cady has a form of amnesia, which doesn't let her remember what happened then. When she does start to remember exactly what happened, it's far worse than Cady could have imagined.
I really, really enjoyed We Were Liars. There's a twist, that I've seen other people say was a bit ... weak? But honestly it took me entirely by surprise and added a real emotional depth to a novel that - on the surface - is about privileged youth.
Gerard Way is best known as the front man for My Chemical Romance, but he's a bit of a renaissance man as far as I know. I have to admit, I've never really listened to MCR, but I somehow follow Mr Way on twitter. I don't know how that happened, but he's kind of delightful.
The Umbrella Academy is his graphic novel series. I picked up #O free on Dark Horse when I downloaded the app to get Dragon Age: Magekiller, and I'm glad I did. The Umbrella Academy are a ragtag group of heroes, trying to muddle through and save the world.
I wasn't entirely sure of everything that was going on, but I really enjoyed the premise and the threads of story that I could pick up.
I gave We Were Liars to my sister for Christmas and she's already read it! She thought the twist was obvious but enjoyed reading the story anyway.
ReplyDeleteKristen: If I'd thought about it, I think I would have seen the twist, too. But it was a good story.
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