A review by alisonjfields
Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy

3.0

6.1/10. For a well-mannered piece of Upper Middle Class, live-oaks and swimming pools Catholic California lit, this really goes in some surprisingly tawdry, conventionally Gothic directions. This tips this book in a marvelously weird direction made even weirder by the fact that both the author and the characters in the novel are so hilariously blase about each increasingly scandalous revelation. The end effect is kind of like watching a soap opera on a shitload of anti-anxiety meds. I'm not sure if the effect was entirely intentional on the author's part, but it's pretty enjoyable.