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A review by girlnextshore
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
2.0
It’s been a busy couple of days so I picked up something fairly “easy”, but this took me a while to get through. Despite the short chapters it just did not capture my attention as much as I wanted it to.
I didn’t like any of the characters, and that’s not because they’re white privileged people. But they came across as whiny “woe is me I’m not getting enough on my mahoosive trust fund” white privileged people who are also quite racist. You know, the overly dramatic types who are quite unaware of anything else beyond their poor little rich kid bubbles.
The writing itself was slightly confusing. At times I feel it bordered on creative, until it flows into a verbose exaggeration you don’t need. I felt it tried, but I felt it didn’t need to.
It’s not quite terrible, not quite brilliant, and I was actually fairly surprised by the twist at the end (if not slightly disappointed by it).
Anyway, I’m glad I read this to feed the curiosity. Just don’t think it’s something that would stick long.
I didn’t like any of the characters, and that’s not because they’re white privileged people. But they came across as whiny “woe is me I’m not getting enough on my mahoosive trust fund” white privileged people who are also quite racist. You know, the overly dramatic types who are quite unaware of anything else beyond their poor little rich kid bubbles.
The writing itself was slightly confusing. At times I feel it bordered on creative, until it flows into a verbose exaggeration you don’t need. I felt it tried, but I felt it didn’t need to.
It’s not quite terrible, not quite brilliant, and I was actually fairly surprised by the twist at the end (if not slightly disappointed by it).
Anyway, I’m glad I read this to feed the curiosity. Just don’t think it’s something that would stick long.