jamieellen 's review for:

Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

3.5

lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i have in fact read this before but i’m re-reading cause i never finished the whole series. plus the last time i read this i was twelve soooo. honestly im kinda in love with sara shepard’s writing (minus the occasional weird descriptions of characters, but i guess that what i get from reading a book from the 2000s). i love that all the characters in the book feel much edgier and more morally grey. loving the cigarettes and the y2k vibes. i also particularly love spencer and aria more in the books i think, but not sure if that will change. i also find it fascinating that this book is essentially just the first set of A texts, a noel kahn party, and them finding ali’s body. it’s insane how short this was. you can totally see why they wanted to adapt this into a tv show though. they did the right thing.