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A review by falconerreader
Liars, Inc. by Paula Stokes
3.0
3.5 stars? The book sucks you in, man; I read it all in one evening, and when I had to do other stuff, like make dinner and get the kids ready for bed, the whole time I was all, "Is Max okay?!?" I think my biggest disappointment, weirdly, is that a character I was hoping would turn out to be bad, didn't.
I'm hyper sensitive to "kids from troubled backgrounds" stories, since I've got two in my household. I loved the way Max's backstory explained a lot about him. The loss and abandonment issues were there, but having started out in a loving family, and losing his parents through tragedies, not their choice, left him better equipped to survive all that crap with some mental health and sense of self intact, if buried.
I'm hyper sensitive to "kids from troubled backgrounds" stories, since I've got two in my household. I loved the way Max's backstory explained a lot about him. The loss and abandonment issues were there, but having started out in a loving family, and losing his parents through tragedies, not their choice, left him better equipped to survive all that crap with some mental health and sense of self intact, if buried.