Reviews

The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett by Chelsea Sedoti

babs_reviews's review

1.0

To each their own; I wasn't impressed. No arc to the plot. It just fell flat for me. :( I spent most of the time wondering what the point of her obsession was.

ash_reads14's review

3.0

I am conflicted with this book! In the beginning I had a lot of issues with the main character. I found Hawthorn to be selfish, childish, and self-absorbed! Despite that I wanted to know where the story was going. As I read further into the book Hawthorn became less intolerable and if Im being honest is one of the main reasons I kept reading. She definitly redeemed herself for me by the end of this book. The author did an amazing job at developing Hawthorn's character by the end. Definitly an improvment from the Hawthorn we are first introduced to. Overall not a bad book, but wasnt my favorite.

kaleyamo's review against another edition

4.0

This book was nothing like I expected. I can't decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing. But I liked the book, so I guess.... a good thing? I just expected there to be investigating a missing girl's disappearance. I didn't expect creative theories and folklore.

I liked most of the characters. Hawthorn, the main character, was a little self-centered . . . but that never bothers me, because it's a typical teen trait. Sundog, a hippie from a commune who hangs out in Hawthorn's backyard, was my favorite. I loved Connor (Hawthorn's brother Rush's best friend) as well and really wished we had seen more of him. He seemed sweet, smart, and thoughtful...but his scenes were fleeting.

I did not love Emily. She seemed pretty hypocritical to me . . . doing something or wanting something herself, and then being mad if Hawthorn did something similar.

I didn't really understand how I was supposed to feel about Enzo the whole time. It was so confusing. Because 1) he was 8 years older than her....which is a big deal if one of you is 17. It made me, at 26, think about how if that was me I'd be dating an 18-year-old and yuuuuck. But 2) Hawthorn was so into him.

But I still don't know if Hawthorn was into him because of him, or because Lizzie was and Hawthorn had a weird obsession with her.

Spoiler

And I don't really understand Hawthorn's grief at finding out Lizzie died. It was someone she barely knew and had a love/hate relationship with. And more hate than love. I know everyone deals with grief differently, but seriously! I had a love/hate relationship with someone who died...and yeah, I was sad. And yeah, I still get sad if I think about it too much. But it does not seem normal to me to grieve so deeply she hardly got out of bed, missed school for a week, saw no hope, and then tried to "see what it feels like" by reenacting how she died. Hawthorn was having some serious depression about it....and it was kind of just glazed over. It wasn't addressed. It was so strange.

jongseobxenvy's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

izzys_internet_bookshelf's review against another edition

1.0

1/5

I was excited about the mystery of this story and to see how things unravel but instead I got a pretty uncomfortable romance and an anxiety educing ending. and here I was trying to find a somewhat peaceful read.

carolyn0613's review against another edition

3.0

This is a good read and I liked the characters of Hawthorn and her family. I liked the way that the story and Hawthorn's 'coming of age' were strongly intertwined - it was well structured. It is a YA read and I am recommending it to my daughter, but as an older person, I felt a little removed from Hawthorn's trials and tribulations.

isabella1018's review

2.0

I wasn’t very interested and felt like there was this build lead up for nothing

badseedgirl's review against another edition

3.0

This was a recent "Overdrive Library Big Read" in which Overdrive gives unlimited copies and everyone reads the book and discusses it on Overdrive. Well I read it, but never did get over to the discussion page. It's spelled procrastination.

I would have never read this book if it was not a "Big Read." That being said, I did enjoy it. Well let me rephrase that, I liked it eventually.

I found Hawthorn Creely is quite possibly the most annoying, least reliable narrator ever created in the history of writing. At least in the beginning. I really enjoyed watching her grow and mature as the book went along.

This type of book is why I participate in the "Big Reads."

mccallistert61's review against another edition

1.0

I was very disappointed in this book and almost didn’t finish it, but I,kept thinking something big is going to happen.....what a let down, feel like I wasted my time on this one.

sarahthevampyrslayer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0