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A review by thelifeoflaura
The Liars by Petronella McGovern
3.0
A wife burning with resentment. A husband hiding the past. Their teenage daughter crusading for the truth. Who can we trust?
The close-knit community of Kinton Bay is shocked when fifteen-year-old Siena Britton makes a grisly discovery near a cave in the national park. Siena believes it's a skull from the town's violent colonial past and posts a video which hits the news headlines.
None of them foresees the dangers that the discovery will create for their family. The dangers of past deceits, silences and lies that have never been resolved.
A really interesting read. On the surface it just seems like an intriguing thriller on an event that happened in the past, but underneath there were lots of different events at play.
While I did enjoy reading it, I did feel, at times, that there was a lot going. There was the history with Meri and Rob and what went on when they were kids, what was happening with their friends and the mystery of missing boys. Then there is Siena and her design to explore the history with her friends grandmother, trying to raise awareness for the traditional people of the land. Along with some other stories.
It flowed really nicely and each of the story lines were interesting, I just found I couldn’t settle in quite as much as I would’ve liked to.
The close-knit community of Kinton Bay is shocked when fifteen-year-old Siena Britton makes a grisly discovery near a cave in the national park. Siena believes it's a skull from the town's violent colonial past and posts a video which hits the news headlines.
None of them foresees the dangers that the discovery will create for their family. The dangers of past deceits, silences and lies that have never been resolved.
A really interesting read. On the surface it just seems like an intriguing thriller on an event that happened in the past, but underneath there were lots of different events at play.
While I did enjoy reading it, I did feel, at times, that there was a lot going. There was the history with Meri and Rob and what went on when they were kids, what was happening with their friends and the mystery of missing boys. Then there is Siena and her design to explore the history with her friends grandmother, trying to raise awareness for the traditional people of the land. Along with some other stories.
It flowed really nicely and each of the story lines were interesting, I just found I couldn’t settle in quite as much as I would’ve liked to.