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A review by calynnali
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
5.0
5 solid stars.
What a quirky bunch of characters.
I loved this book, and can honestly think of no faults in it. It was just a pure joy to read. The characters are interesting and unique, and their development throughout the book was superb. I found the pacing to be perfect, and I was finished in no time. You just breeze through this story effortlessly.
The twist ending was amazing! Everything you thought that you knew about the characters gets flipped around, and they all become so much more deep. While you're reading you're picking up all these clues, but the half truths throw you off from guessing how it's going to pan out.
The ending was beautiful. Not only does the main character learn several handy lessons, but so do many of the side characters.
These characters and their story will not soon be forgotten by me.
I'll leave you with one of my favourite quotes from the book(this is basically a metaphor for the entire book).
“While the rest of the class is hanging on every syllable that comes out of Mr. Landau's mouth, I'm looking at the false tongue poster and I'm kind of wishing it wasn't wrong. There's something nice about those thick black arrows: sour here, salty there, like there's a right place for everything. Instead of the total confusion the human tongue actually turns out to be.(2)”
What a quirky bunch of characters.
I loved this book, and can honestly think of no faults in it. It was just a pure joy to read. The characters are interesting and unique, and their development throughout the book was superb. I found the pacing to be perfect, and I was finished in no time. You just breeze through this story effortlessly.
The twist ending was amazing! Everything you thought that you knew about the characters gets flipped around, and they all become so much more deep. While you're reading you're picking up all these clues, but the half truths throw you off from guessing how it's going to pan out.
The ending was beautiful. Not only does the main character learn several handy lessons, but so do many of the side characters.
These characters and their story will not soon be forgotten by me.
I'll leave you with one of my favourite quotes from the book(this is basically a metaphor for the entire book).
“While the rest of the class is hanging on every syllable that comes out of Mr. Landau's mouth, I'm looking at the false tongue poster and I'm kind of wishing it wasn't wrong. There's something nice about those thick black arrows: sour here, salty there, like there's a right place for everything. Instead of the total confusion the human tongue actually turns out to be.(2)”