lilymkara 's review for:

Family of Liars by E. Lockhart

3.0

dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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this book is one of those prequels where the author clearly just loves the characters too much to let them go so she wrote this and  made a lot of money. don’t get me wrong, i had a fun time reading this and getting immersed in carrie’s story, but it didn’t say much or add much to ‘we were liars.’ i wish i felt more invested in carrie and pfeff’s romance and that his death was revealed with more, idk, bravado? but it fell sort of flat. and a lot of the things it touched on - beauty standards, family obligations, sexual assault - weren’t explored as deeply as i would have liked them to be.