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A review by graciesmom
The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett by Chelsea Sedoti
4.0
I truly enjoyed this book, The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett. I found that the pages just flew by right from the first to the last.
Hawthorn Creely, the main character, is a lonely outsider in high school when she meets the golden girl of town, Lizzie Lovett. When Lizzie goes missing, Hawthorn can’t seem to let it go, long after Lizzie has become yesterday’s news. She even comes up with her own strange theories about the disappearance. Her tenacity involves getting hired for Lizzie’s job and securing Lizzie’s boyfriend, who gets caught up in Hawthorn’s unconventional ideas.
A well-written debut book by author, Chelsea Sedoti. The prose captures what it is like to be lonely, bored, and waiting for something bigger or more magical to happen in life. The dialog feels true and the relationships between characters by turns is funny, touching, mean, etc. Hawthorn’s family life, and her friend, Emily, ground her as she is the butt of a great deal of teasing at school.
4 stars out of 5
Publication Date: 03 Jan 2017
Thanks to Sourcebooks Fire, Netgalley and Chelsea Sedoti for this Advanced Reading Copy in exchange for an unbiased review
Hawthorn Creely, the main character, is a lonely outsider in high school when she meets the golden girl of town, Lizzie Lovett. When Lizzie goes missing, Hawthorn can’t seem to let it go, long after Lizzie has become yesterday’s news. She even comes up with her own strange theories about the disappearance. Her tenacity involves getting hired for Lizzie’s job and securing Lizzie’s boyfriend, who gets caught up in Hawthorn’s unconventional ideas.
A well-written debut book by author, Chelsea Sedoti. The prose captures what it is like to be lonely, bored, and waiting for something bigger or more magical to happen in life. The dialog feels true and the relationships between characters by turns is funny, touching, mean, etc. Hawthorn’s family life, and her friend, Emily, ground her as she is the butt of a great deal of teasing at school.
4 stars out of 5
Publication Date: 03 Jan 2017
Thanks to Sourcebooks Fire, Netgalley and Chelsea Sedoti for this Advanced Reading Copy in exchange for an unbiased review