We Were Liars, aka, We Were Spoiled Rich Kids.

A few weeks ago I finished We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. I didn't have too much trouble finding my way through it. I did, however, constantly find myself asking why they were called the Liars. It's not until the very end that we have any sort of inkling as to why they are called as such. Everyone lies and I didn't find them doing it more so than any other normal person.
Also, I don't
understand
the change in writing style.
It doesn't always
flow.

Ugh.
I had an issue picturing any of the characters besides Cady in my head. None of them have any real background or personality. Okay so they have personalities, but not very big ones. The whole love affair Cady has with guy-who's-name-I-already-forgot is so BORING. It reminds me of every dance movie ever made. Like the Family Guy joke, "I'm rich and you're poor. Let's dance together." "Society won't like it." "I don't care." Gag. That's so overdone and I don't understand dudes issue anyway. Did he have brain issues or what. He's all over her, he ignores her, he leaves. I wanted to punch him. Just make up your damn mind!

If only the acknowledgments were at the beginning of the book instead of at the end I would have noticed freakin' Justine Larbalestier's name mentioned as being a friend. RIGHT THEN, I would have put the book gently back into the library return slot and screeched away as I put on the gas and driven away as fast a possible. I had the misfortune to read her book Liar for my Adolescent Literature class in college and I don't think one person in the room liked it. It's full of Post-Modern crap and I just wanted to throw the book out of the classroom's third story window. We Were Liars is full of this same Post-Modern bullshit.

Here's Post-Modernism in a nutshell:
"In essence, it stems from a recognition that reality is not simply mirrored in human understanding of it, but rather, is constructed as the mind tries to understand its own particular and personal reality. For this reason, postmodernism is highly skeptical of explanations which claim to be valid for all groups, cultures, traditions, or races, and instead focuses on the relative truths of each person."

No one can trust a word a Post-Modern narrator says. But what makes it so dang frustrating is that you don't know it, usually, until the end of the book slams you in the face. (And not in a good way). You knew from the beginning of Liar that the narrator was full of it, but We Were Liars made you suffer through until the end to figure it out. 

John Green praised this book. After reading The Fault In Our Stars and being disappointed, I was skeptical. But lord knows I did I anyway.

''Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart, We Were Liars is utterly unforgettable.
John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars''

1 of 5 stars.