kmsilverman92's review against another edition
3.0
Due to the unreliable narrator, this book ended up leaving me with a lot of question and few answers.
kellyzen's review against another edition
4.0
Flashes of The Secret History: this book is populated by improbably erudite children who drink ludicrously — also, murder! It doesn’t rise to the spellbinding beauty of Tartt’s, but it’s fun and funny and worth a read.
batsworthy's review against another edition
4.0
More like a 3.5, because I devoured this and then the corny "twist" at the end did NOT impress me. But I do just love a decent TSH clone.
joannavaught's review against another edition
2.0
7 word review of this book: fight club in high school, except shitty.
nrphoto's review against another edition
2.0
It tries real hard to be edgy. It tries real hard to be a caricature of high school. It doesn't get either one right. It's just a not very interesting story of a bunch of really vile teens with an ending so absurd it's...well...absurd.
This would make a great b movie. Right up there with like, Teaching MS.Tingle, The Faculty, and The In Crowd. But it's not worth more than 90 minutes on a lazy Saturday afternoon.
This would make a great b movie. Right up there with like, Teaching MS.Tingle, The Faculty, and The In Crowd. But it's not worth more than 90 minutes on a lazy Saturday afternoon.
whorriorr's review against another edition
4.0
It was an interesting book- that's for sure. More explicit than I would have expected from someone who wrote "A Series of Unfortunate of Events" but just as sarcastic and satirical as I expected. There were some things that didn't make a lot of sense but I think that was mostly Handler putting emphasis on the main character's insanity. The plot twist was pretty predictable but satisfying enough. Though I do think the middle of the story dragged on while the climax and ending felt rushed. But this definitely deserves a reread in the future.
laineyg's review against another edition
3.0
okay the plot twist wasn’t as infuriating as we were liars but it still pissed me off
stronlibrarianvibes's review against another edition
5.0
While it would be really easy to compare this book to HEATHERS, there's something some much more complex with what Handler is trying to do. The narrator's own comments on her veracity make this a critque on the nature of "true crime" books and autobiography as much as it seems a commentary about the nature of teenage life and romance. And it never gets too bogged down in it's own self-importance. I really enjoyed this one.
hnakrs's review against another edition
4.0
storytelling in form of diary entries which were so fun to read & the plottwist was so unexpected i needed to read that part twice to understand it lol
kaileycool's review against another edition
3.0
I almost didn’t keep reading this because of how offensively the narrator discussed race and sexuality. Then I read some reviews that talked about how unreliable the narrator is, so I pressed on. After finishing, I liked it, but I don’t think the unreliability of the narrator is an excuse for the racism and homophobia sprinkled in her narration in a manner it seems the white author is trying to play for laughs. I enjoyed the book in other ways, but I don’t recommend.