by Justine Larbalestier
I finished Liar a few days ago and I really had to think about how to review this book. When I started this book I was like, "oh this book seems normal and interesting" but the further I got, the weirder it got.
Synopsis: Micah (girl) is a liar. She has fooled everyone over the years. But suddenly her boyfriend dies under brutal circumstances and her lies start to catch up with her.
It felt like this book had a good concept, but was not executed well. Micah is a liar, her boyfriend is killed, and she has an illness. The illness, you don't find out what it is until later in the book, and feels irrelevant at first to the plot. It almost feels like three different stories going on at once. To top that off the book is split into 3 parts.Telling the Truth, Telling the True Truth, and The Actual Real Truth. In part 3 she (Micah) tells what is actually true because she lied about some plot points in the first 2 parts. It gets confusing because you forget what's the truth and what is a lie.
I liked how the writing was formatted though. There is Before and After. Telling a story before Zach (her boyfriend) died and after. Also there is History of Me which is some history of Micah and Family History which is some history of the family.
I thought that the end had a pretty good message. Micah finds who she is and is comfortable with herself.
Overall this book was just odd. Some stories were drawn out too much and the illness should have been apart of the story in the beginning more. I do not know which genre this book would be considered though. If you read it you would understand.
Overall Rating
4.4/ 10
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