We Were Liars: The award-winning YA book TikTok can’t stop talking about!

Great twist at the end.

At first I found it slow, but then at the end the twist left me so shocked.

I enjoyed this book. It was short and I read it quickly. Unfortunately, I knew the ending from early on and so the twist wasn’t a twist. Therefore, the ending was a disappointment to me, hopefully it is less obvious to other readers.

The setting I loved, reading this in December I truly enjoyed escaping to an island in the summer. I liked that there was a little map and a family tree at the beginning too.

Cady spends her summer on a private island with her cousins. Two summers ago, something terrible and tragic happens but Cady cannot remember. Everyone else knows but won’t tell her so when she goes back to the Island she is hoping to find out.

I won’t say more in hope the twist is a surprise for others.

This book is amazing. The plot twist at the end was absolutely amazing and will keep you reading until the last page and then you will have more questions. Plus it will leave you sobbing.

I saw this book in a charity shop and I am SO glad I picked it up! I cannot remember the last time a book made me cry and this book made me sob. The unexpected ending coupled with Lockhart's beautifully crafted language made this book such a gorgeous read. It looks at class, family, greed and grief and handles them all perfectly.

Just confusing and boring and had to get into

Ok, so now I know why my students were crazy about this one.
This is really a gem of a YA novel. It has everything: an addictive background story (a wealthy family owning a private island off the coast of Massachussetts), a great pack of friends, a clever and sensitive narrator, a beautiful friendship between four teenagers, a doomed love story.
The ending twist is totally unexpected and heart-breaking (if you are a sensitive person, prepare a good stack of handkerchiefs).

It was a really good book.
It had a mystery to it and I was shocked she burned the house.
I would recommend this to a person who likes reading murder mystery books and books that lead you with suspense.

Not sure why I didn’t really enjoy this book, but I think it had something to do with so many characters and families and nicknames that I kept getting lost!!! Good story line and it did shock me at the end!!

I love this book, I really didn’t see the twist coming.
Cady is 17 and is part of a well respected all American family. She spends her summers on a private island with her cousins.
The all American family are not what they appear to be behind closed doors,
Tragedy strikes Cady in the form of a head injury and a couple of years pass, she returns to the island but nothing is the same or feels right.
I wont go on as I don’t want to give anything away, but it’s got everything heart-breaking teenage romance, sense of menace and a massive twist.
Loved it.

Cadence ‘Cady’ Sinclair Eastman is the first-born granddaughter to a wealthy American grandfather. She and her mother holiday with her aunties and cousins on their private island every summer. We join Cady on her 17th summer on the island and things could be better. After a mysterious swimming accident she had two summers ago, she now has head-splitting migraines that last for days and her cousins refuse to join her at any family events.

Why can’t she remember what caused her migraines? Why won’t anyone tell her what happened? Why is she giving away all of her things?

Read this book for a glimpse into the lives of America’s elite, but don’t accept all as it seems…

This is my favourite book thus far. The twist at the end is totally unexpected. I have not been able to think of anything else except for how well this book was written. I read this book within a day...just couldn't put it down. Now I wish I had taken my time to think about what clues were given....but I just had to know what was going to happen next.

Absolutely loved this book and did not see the twist coming. Tissues were needed for the ending so be warned.
A novel aimed at a YA audience and would agree with that.

I thought this was a very good book, despite its slow start towards the end it really started to pick up and I loved the twins. This book had one of the most shocking endings I've ever read I had to read It twice. Would definitely reccomend

When I began this book I have an idea of where I thought the plot would take me. From A to B in one direction with some minor twists to make it interesting; I thought it would be an easy read.
How wrong I was. I was gripped. I fell in love with all of the characters. I rejoyced with them. I cried with them.
I did not see the ending coming at all.
I have already recommended it to several people and I only finished it yesterday!

I really enjoyed reading this book because it is thrilling and unforgettable. I would recommend this book to teenagers between the ages of 11-14 and people who like reading books from E. Lockhart.

Amazing, full of memories and not everything is how it seems

Pretty darn good

Apologies for the shortness of this review but this is one of those books where you can't really say much without giving away the plot of the book and I would hate to spoil it for anyone!

Everyone had managed to finish the book as it was a really quick read and relatively short, however most people came away from it not feeling it had been that great a book. Many of the book club members were unsure as to the point of the book as they were reading it, and this feeling was not alleviated by the plot twist at the end.

This story hinges around one big secret hidden by multiple little secrets that are used by a particular family to ensure that their lives continue in the way they have become accustomed to. As a reader you don't know what that large secret is until almost the very end of the book at which point everything is revealed. Then you can look back at the rest of the story to see all the little secrets that were being used as well. We think this might be part of the reason why the book is called we were liars, although we're unsure of why a small group of the youngsters called themselves liars in the years preceding the larger lie.

We talked about the lives that this family lives, with them having a private island and each daughter having their own large house. They have servants on the island that the family don't even know the names of. Even with all this privilege the daughters and squabbling over whose house is larger and who should get what when their father and mother die. The father isn't much better as he plays the daughters and his grandchildren off each other to make them do what he wants while promising them each other houses and inheritances. All in all it's a pretty ugly family situation.

This book is aimed more at younger people, maybe mid teens, so we wondered if this was a book that is more suited to them rather than us and this is why we didn't enjoy it quite as much?

Overall we gave this book 5 out of 10.

it was an interesting book with a surprising plot twist

This book is quite complex and has you confused at the beginning but the more you read it the more you will understand.
All I can say is the ending really is a shocker.

This book was great a real thriller you never know what would happen next. The end has a massive shocker but I won't spoil it. The reason I gave it only a four was that sometimes the book can get a little confusing. But overall a great book.

So great. This book says a lot about life. I loved the characters, especially Miren. She has such a fervid personality.

This book was dark and disturbing, but I loved it. The writing style was truly unique, which served the mystery of the narrative brilliantly.

Such a brilliant book, had a little cry at the ending but i would recommend to everyone!!!

This is really extraordinary. I loved it and it has become one of my favourites. It is about the rich and prestigious Sinclair family. The book is narrated by Cadence who is remembering all her summers at the family island. She is one of the liars: the three oldest grandchildren, Cadence Mirren and Johnny and their friend Gat. But this is not your average summer story. This is a story with a dark and shocking twist and it is unforgettable. It will change your life, no kidding read it!! But i would recommend 12 or 13+ because it is quite grown up and u need to understand it all to get how brilliant it is. To conclude it is simply breathtaking

such an unexpected ending! loved the writing style and its such a quick read! i will certainly be reading this again in the future