Big little lies
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Average rating3.8
Jane hasn't lived anywhere longer than six months since her son was born five years ago. She keeps moving in an attempt to escape her past. Now the idyllic seaside town of Pirriwee has pulled her to its shores and Jane finally feels like she belongs. She has friends in the feisty Madeline and the incredibly beautiful Celeste - two women with seemingly perfect lives - and their own secrets behind closed doors. But then a small incident involving the children of all three women occurs in the playground causing a rift between them and the other parents of the school. Minor at first but escalating fast, until whispers and rumours become vicious and spiteful. It was always going to end in tears, but no one thought it would end in murder.
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Cant decide...is it a 3 or 3.75?Read this if you love books about;-Rich people drama-Family relationships-strong friendships-Great character development-There were topics such as bullying,domestic violence which I think [a:Liane Moriarty 322069 Liane Moriarty https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1459827224p2/322069.jpg] handled really well.-Plot was well planned out and no plot holes. This was honestly so hard to get into and during 3 quarter of the book I didn't get why this book was so hyped! But the last quarter picked up and it was just okay.Also I realized after reading this how much I hate books with rich people drama,no kidding! I love watching movies etc but books? no thank you.I loved Madeline she was so funny and sweet(really bossy too but her friendship with Jane and Celeste made up for it) I was also really shocked by that twist didn't see that coming.With that being said I recommend you pick this up and you might end up loving it:)Also I don't think this is a thriller more like a mystery?Damn Perry, man I am so glad he died what a fucked up guy.grrrr I was so mad during most of the book coz of that piece of shit. And when he died I was sooo glad! Not only does he rape girls in bars he uses his cousins name not to get caught?! And the way he used to hit Celeste!? I was so angry abt that too, the author had brought out really well how domestic violence victims act coz the person doing it has some excuse to justify their action dont they? I have so many bad things to say abt ppl like that, but I might get taken off gr so I will stop here.
Even as a guy, I enjoyed reading this book. It was funny, emotional, and and had some great character development. You really felt like you got to know these people and understood their problems. I also really liked the way it was written. BUT! The book has a problem...it's more documentary than fiction. The author is trying to push an agenda and raise awareness about domestic abuse issues. That's all well and good, but it's not clear at all that this is the intention of the book. It shouldn't be presented as normal fiction, in my opinion.
As long as you understand that this book has an agenda before reading it, then go for it, you'll probably like it a lot. Unfortunately, I didn't know this before reading, so I felt like the book was a deception of sorts. A documentary masquerading as fiction. It left a bad taste in my mouth at the end of the book, which is a shame, because I actually did enjoy the book.
