Summary

Cady, Cadence Sinclair. A granddaughter of one of the most glamorous families, the Sinclair family.

Cady has a team of four, with who she spends all her summer. Cadence, Johnny, Mirren, and Gat. They call themselves the Liars.

Every summer they gather at the Beechwood house and spend a summer more memorable than the one before. But then comes the summer of fifteen and everything changes.

There is an accident at the Beechwood house of which Cady remembers nothing. She believes she was hit on the head during that accident which is causing her amnesia.

And the entire Sinclair family is trying to hide what happened from her.

My Review

I have one word for the grand reveal - Brilliant, brilliant end. Never saw it coming. I knew the story had a twisted end from reading its reviews on bookstagram. I even tried to use some of my mystery-solving skills to deduce what must’ve had happened, while I was reading the book, but none of it was close to what was revealed.

The story is a very simple one. What takes the cake is the brilliant way in which it is unraveled to the readers, layer by layer.  At times I thought it was confusing, but in the end, I realized it was meant to be confusing to keep the story interesting. I loved Gat, no, not because he was an Indian, but more for the values he believed in and his endearing love for Cady.

It’s a fast-paced novel so you can get through it like a breeze and the chapters are very short. I won’t lie I even shed a few tears in the end after the grand unravel. Because I agree when the author said that the loss was catastrophic and there’s no word in Scrabble to describe how sorry I feel. 

Quotes from We Were Liars

“Do not accept an evil you can change.”

“Always do what you're afraid to do.”

“We are liars. We are beautiful and privileged. We are cracked and broken.”

“There is not even a Scrabble word for how bad I feel.”

“Silence is a protective coating over pain.”