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Beautiful Liars by Isabel Ashdown
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
The important thing to highlight when it comes to Isabel's writing is that all of her stories are really different from each other. Which can sometimes be a rare thing coming from an author who has a back catalogue like hers. Beautiful Liars is no exception!
It's an engaging story with lots of twists and turns, unreliable narrators, secrets, lies, toxic friendship, false identity, survivor's guilt, anger, loneliness, mental health issues, stalking, violence, revelations, jealousy, siblings rivalry, bitter betrayals and much more.
Isabel's plots are always well researched, constructed, and executed. Despite them being complex in nature. She writes so well. With perfect pace and emotion inducing, thought-provoking, and descriptive writing.
With her alternating perspectives. Isabel allows her readers to see all sides of the story. Skillfully exploring the reasoning and behaviours behind the characters, their lives, and their actions. Gradually revealing the puzzle pieces of the plot whilst creating suspense, intrigue, and intensity. Finishing it off with a twisted and satisfying ending.
If you fancy reading a story that tackles the ideas of the lies, we tell ourselves in order to survive and how memories and lived experiences can become distorted over time and affect the reality of the life we live in the present. Then this is the book for you
It's an engaging story with lots of twists and turns, unreliable narrators, secrets, lies, toxic friendship, false identity, survivor's guilt, anger, loneliness, mental health issues, stalking, violence, revelations, jealousy, siblings rivalry, bitter betrayals and much more.
Isabel's plots are always well researched, constructed, and executed. Despite them being complex in nature. She writes so well. With perfect pace and emotion inducing, thought-provoking, and descriptive writing.
With her alternating perspectives. Isabel allows her readers to see all sides of the story. Skillfully exploring the reasoning and behaviours behind the characters, their lives, and their actions. Gradually revealing the puzzle pieces of the plot whilst creating suspense, intrigue, and intensity. Finishing it off with a twisted and satisfying ending.
If you fancy reading a story that tackles the ideas of the lies, we tell ourselves in order to survive and how memories and lived experiences can become distorted over time and affect the reality of the life we live in the present. Then this is the book for you