Liar - Book Review by Lindsay

Liar  by Justine Larbalestier

Liar is about a 17 year-old girl named Micah, who is a compulsive liar. Micah is the narrator of the book, but she swears that she'll tell nothing but the truth for once while she's telling you her story. When her boyfriend goes missing, everyone thinks that with her history of lying, she should be a major suspect in the crime.

I did not really like this book. Micah is just a really annoying and bitter character. There are lots of twists and stuff in the story but half of them don't even make sense. When you get about halfway through the book, there's a really random plot twist that just makes you go like, "Whoa, where did that even come from?!" I won't spoil it, but it just makes no sense. This book messes with your mind a lot, and it can be pretty hard to follow. You know how Micah says she'll tell you nothing but the truth? Yeah, well she's a compulsive liar. She wasn't even being honest when she said that. She says one thing, and then later she tells you that it was a lie. Eventually it gets so annoying, and you don't even believe that anything she says about the story is true anymore. Because it's probably not. The ending is terrible, it feels like the author got really lazy. it makes no sense, It really gives no conclusion, and it just leaves you guessing.

Book review by Lindsay