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booktrunks 's review for:
Big Little Lies
by Liane Moriarty
I was a big fan of the show, but I will go ahead and say it: The book is better! Oh my goodness people really did not exaggerate how good Moriarty's writing is, this book is pretty much perfect from start to finish! I understand why they made the changes they did to the show, because they wanted a second season whereas the book is a standalone, but I only watched the beginning of the second season, and I really wasn't feeling it. After reading the book and knowing how it ends, I get it! I will say that I think it was very rude to make the show American and then cast Nicole Kidman, when I started reading and found out it takes place in Australia, I was offended for her. Overall, SUCH a good read, I almost wish I didn't know the spoilers going in!
A few spoilery things I really liked about the book:
I liked when all of the husbands were there for the murder, as I think it had this really beautiful unifying quality to it. When I started the second season of the show it just felt awkward and unrealistic that Ed and Nathan were so clueless.
I liked how Maddy and Celeste thought it was Perry's cousin for most of the book, it added a REALLY unique part in Celeste's narration.
A few spoilery things I really liked about the book:
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I liked when all of the husbands were there for the murder, as I think it had this really beautiful unifying quality to it. When I started the second season of the show it just felt awkward and unrealistic that Ed and Nathan were so clueless.
I liked how Maddy and Celeste thought it was Perry's cousin for most of the book, it added a REALLY unique part in Celeste's narration.