We Were Liars (possible spoilers)

We Were Liars

           We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart, was my second book that I read this summer. To briefly summarize, this book is about a rich family named the Sinclairs. In this family they are pretty much just sweeping all of their life's problems under the rug, so anything that other people see is a perfect family. In reality, they are jut as messed up as the rest of us and maybe even more. One of the granddaughters of this family is Caddy. You learn at the beginning that she visits, along with the rest of her family, her grandparents private island, where, when shes fifteen, has an accident that gives her headaches and she's never the same again. At first when reading this book, I got very flustered over the fact that Caddy, the narrator, never really goes into detail about her accident. Later on, you find out that she is has been an unreliable narrator pretty much the entire time she has been telling you her story. It does explain, near the end what happened in her accident and to be honest I was not expecting it at all. I loved how Caddy was an unreliable narrator and how she would explain things that her and her cousins did and it did not make complete sense at first so I only thought she had a few issues. 

               My favorite part about this book was all of the twists and turns that you take with this family. Another thing I liked was how the author put Caddy's hurt and felling's into extremely detailed words, almost like she was personifying her emotions. Also I liked how this novel felt as if is tried to relate it to some of the things we see in our everyday lives. The Sinclairs act as if they are perfect, which makes most everyone else around them feel jealous, but, in reality, everyone has flaws. Today, people seem to get rapped up in having this perfect life with all the money and possessions they can get, and then they feel if they have all of that, then they can be happy. In reality, it you aren't happy with the way your living now, then even a billion dollars cannot help you tomorrow.