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A review by catiinha
Lying Out Loud by Kody Keplinger
3.0
Thank you NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I loved The DUFF so I was pretty excited to read this book. While this book started out pretty well there was a point that I was starting to not like it. Sonny, the main character was my big problem. She is a compulsive liar and seeing that everything that she would do would always make everything worse was getting me pretty mad, especially after what she did to her best friend Amy. Basically the book talks about Sonny who ends up falling for Ryder Cross, the boy she hated in the beginning and thinks that he’s talking to Amy and not Sonny. While I understand her change of feelings I still can’t understand why she did what she did. There were some parts that I was actually enjoying the book but then that Sonny handled every situation was always making starting disliking it again. I also had a few problems with Amy and Ryder but I liked them a little bit more than Sonny. And I understand that she had a difficult life and was practically homeless but I just couldn’t like her personality. I actually loved Sonny and Amy’s friendship and it was pretty cool until Sonny messed everything because she was only thinking about herself. But the best thing about this book: Wesley and Bianca were on it. I loved them in The DUFF so I was happy to read about their lives again. The book itself was actually good and I liked the story that was created. Another thing I liked was the ending of the book. I liked how Sonny started handling the situation and tried to be honest. And that ending… I loved how it was left open and you can try to figure out what happens next.
While I didn’t like this book as much as The DUFF it was still an enjoyable read. My main problem was basically Sonny and her lies. I would recommend this book if you are interested on it and if you like light YA novels.
I loved The DUFF so I was pretty excited to read this book. While this book started out pretty well there was a point that I was starting to not like it. Sonny, the main character was my big problem. She is a compulsive liar and seeing that everything that she would do would always make everything worse was getting me pretty mad, especially after what she did to her best friend Amy. Basically the book talks about Sonny who ends up falling for Ryder Cross, the boy she hated in the beginning and thinks that he’s talking to Amy and not Sonny. While I understand her change of feelings I still can’t understand why she did what she did. There were some parts that I was actually enjoying the book but then that Sonny handled every situation was always making starting disliking it again. I also had a few problems with Amy and Ryder but I liked them a little bit more than Sonny. And I understand that she had a difficult life and was practically homeless but I just couldn’t like her personality. I actually loved Sonny and Amy’s friendship and it was pretty cool until Sonny messed everything because she was only thinking about herself. But the best thing about this book: Wesley and Bianca were on it. I loved them in The DUFF so I was happy to read about their lives again. The book itself was actually good and I liked the story that was created. Another thing I liked was the ending of the book. I liked how Sonny started handling the situation and tried to be honest. And that ending… I loved how it was left open and you can try to figure out what happens next.
While I didn’t like this book as much as The DUFF it was still an enjoyable read. My main problem was basically Sonny and her lies. I would recommend this book if you are interested on it and if you like light YA novels.