A review by kathywadolowski
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

3.0

I'm imagining that 80% of readers saw the major twist ending coming... I, in classic Kathy fashion, was absolutely blindsided and thought the twist was well-executed and shocking. It was also, however, extremely sad... though the story was interesting and the twist was gripping, I left this book with the wind taken straight out of my sails.

Spoiler

I didn't expect "We Were Liars" to turn into a book about coping with death and guilt, and I was actually a little frustrated that we were allowed to fall in love (or maybe just like, but still develop feelings) with these teen characters who all turned out to be dead... as I said, the twist was effective but after the shock wore off I was just sad. The tragedy was so needless, and I think that might be part of the reason my lingering feeling was just depression.

So 4 stars at the very least for the twist, offset with 2 stars for the dissatisfaction I felt after, leads to a middle-ground three star rating from me.