We Were Liars Book Review

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The book entitled We were liars, a New York Times bestseller upon publication in 2014 and gained many credentials during its release,written by E. Lockhart or Emily Jenkins in real life. She is also the author of the four books about Ruby Oliver: The Boyfriend List, The Boy Book, The Treasure Map of Boys, and Real Live Boyfriends. She also wrote the following books; Fly on the Wall, Dramarama, and How to Be Bad (the last with Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle). The novel The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks was a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book, a finalist for the National Book Award, and winner of a Cybils Award for Best Young Adult Novel. E. Lockhart, is a feminist, and socially conscious author and has an expertise in making …show more content…

Cadence Sinclair, the only survivor in the liars during the burn in Clairmont. She is the heiress of the island and the eldest granddaughter of Haris Sinclair. She will suddenly fall in love with Gat, one of the liars and indian-american boy who is the nephew of Carrie’s long-term boyfriend Ed. He died on the basement of Clairmont. Johnny Sinclair Dennis is Carrie’s son and Cadence’s cousin. Cady describes Johnny as bounce, effort, and snark. He dies on the second floor the night Clairmont burns, and is the first of the Liars Cadence hears screaming. The last liar is Mirren Sinclair Sheffield. Mirren is Bess's daughter and Cadence's cousin. Cadence says Mirren is "irritable. And bossy. But always funny about it. It was easy to make her mad, and she was nearly always cross with Bess and annoyed with the twins—but then she'd fill with regret, moaning in agony over her own sharp tongue". When Cadence first introduces her to us, she describes Mirren as "sugar, curiosity, and rain". Mirren dies on the third floor of Clairmont during summer fifteen. The meaningful part of the story is when the liars decided to burn down the clarmont, the seat of patriarchy in BeechwoodIslad, but unfortunately three of them

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