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Read because We Were Liars was insane.
Rated: 3/5
Started: 14 August
Finished: 16 August
Summary:
Jule is on the run. She has money and skill, but her past continues to hunt her.
Each chapter of her story is a scene from the past, slowly unraveling who she is, where she is, and what, exactly, she did to get there.
Thoughts:
I honestly don't know what to make of this book. I gave it three whole starts because it was arresting, but I still can't decide if it was good. For the first half of the book, I didn't realize the time progression was directly backwards so I was confused as all heck, but once I figured it out, it was cool to piece everything together. The main character was probably a psychopath, rather than just morally grey, but she was black widow-esque at the start which was cool enough for me. I kept feeling like I wanted to annotate the book because there were all these hints and connections and character analyses, but it wasn't quite good enough to rant about to someone. It was a confusing book, but I'd very much reccomend it to get over a book hangover or a reading slump. It wasn't meant to be art so much as thrill, and cliche at it is, it really did feel like an edge-of-your-seat read.
Words:
Gamine (adj) (of a woman) attractively boyish
Hegemony (n) leadership or dominance, especially by one nation over another (huh-GEH- muh-nee)
Effete (adj) having lost character, vitality, or strength