Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies, the number-one New York Times best-selling novel, is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the little lies that can turn lethal.
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Such a good, good read! I would give it 5 stars, but the beginning was such a slow start, that I almost gave up. I see now, in hindsight, every slow, excruciating dragged out detail was all meticulously planted, placed, brilliantly written for a wonderful purpose. But still.. it was slooowww.
Any who, this was such a enjoyable, dark, very dark, but just as comedic, hysterically comic balance of a book. The content was so real, so contemporary, so now, so current. This what they call "playground scandal," all the dirty grimy thoughts parents, mothers, fathers, on lookers have when encountering other parents and their children were all too real, too dark, too hilarious. How the author so exquisitely interchanged each character's lives was just so clever.
There are several points of view, I can see how this was made into a show, it reminds me of shows like, Pretty little Liars or Scandal. Where you know there is a HUGE, TRAGIC, DRAMATIC end, but do not know the who, they why, or the how, and ever excerpt brings you closer and closer to those answers.
Such a great read, so enticing and addictive! I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a good read.
Any who, this was such a enjoyable, dark, very dark, but just as comedic, hysterically comic balance of a book. The content was so real, so contemporary, so now, so current. This what they call "playground scandal," all the dirty grimy thoughts parents, mothers, fathers, on lookers have when encountering other parents and their children were all too real, too dark, too hilarious. How the author so exquisitely interchanged each character's lives was just so clever.
There are several points of view, I can see how this was made into a show, it reminds me of shows like, Pretty little Liars or Scandal. Where you know there is a HUGE, TRAGIC, DRAMATIC end, but do not know the who, they why, or the how, and ever excerpt brings you closer and closer to those answers.
Such a great read, so enticing and addictive! I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a good read.
Love her books - the way that she ties the theme together throughout the story. Her female characters are so realistic. "What Alice Forgot" is still my favorite.
Story: 4 stars
Writing: 4 stars
Characters: 4 stars
Learning: n/a
Ending: 4 stars
Entertainment: 4 stars
Story: 4 stars
Writing: 4 stars
Characters: 4 stars
Learning: n/a
Ending: 4 stars
Entertainment: 4 stars
We read this before the show came out, obviously not as many details in the show, but it was an easy and intriguing read
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"You're beautiful,” she began. “No!” said Jane angrily. “I'm not! And that's OK that I'm not. We're not all beautiful, just like we're not all musical, and that’s fine. And don't give me that inner beauty shining through crap either.”
"It's my understanding Renata had a higher-paid, more stressful job than Geoff, but nobody blamed Geoff for having a career, nobody said, “Oh, we don't see much of Geoff at the school, do we?” No! But if the stay-at-home mums see a dad do pickup, they think he deserves a gold medal."
"But now she was suddenly filled with a passionate desire to share everything, to say the bare ugly truth, to hold nothing back."
"You're beautiful,” she began. “No!” said Jane angrily. “I'm not! And that's OK that I'm not. We're not all beautiful, just like we're not all musical, and that’s fine. And don't give me that inner beauty shining through crap either.”
"It's my understanding Renata had a higher-paid, more stressful job than Geoff, but nobody blamed Geoff for having a career, nobody said, “Oh, we don't see much of Geoff at the school, do we?” No! But if the stay-at-home mums see a dad do pickup, they think he deserves a gold medal."
"But now she was suddenly filled with a passionate desire to share everything, to say the bare ugly truth, to hold nothing back."
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