I think I gushed a bit too hard on this one but I couldn't help it. It was good. It was damn good. Every so often a book comes around and just hits me with this feeling of, I can't miss ONE word, it's just that good. Big Little Lies was one of those books. I read it fast and furious and took in every word as if my life depended on it.
I really don't mean to hype it up.
And I hate to do that. Hate it.
I. Can't. Help. It.
Here's the book description from Amazon:
Sometimes it’s the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal. . . .
A murder… . . . a tragic accident… . . . or just parents behaving badly?
What’s indisputable is that someone is dead.
But who did what?
Big Little Lies follows three women, each at a crossroads:
Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She’s funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his yogi new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community, and their daughter is in the same kindergarten class as Madeline’s youngest (how is this possible?). And to top it all off, Madeline’s teenage daughter seems to be choosing Madeline’s ex-husband over her. (How. Is. This. Possible?).
Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare. While she may seem a bit flustered at times, who wouldn’t be, with those rambunctious twin boys? Now that the boys are starting school, Celeste and her husband look set to become the king and queen of the school parent body. But royalty often comes at a price, and Celeste is grappling with how much more she is willing to pay.
New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for the nanny. Jane is sad beyond her years and harbors secret doubts about her son. But why? While Madeline and Celeste soon take Jane under their wing, none of them realizes how the arrival of Jane and her inscrutable little boy will affect them all.
Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive.
I don't even need to review it. The description is enough but my take?
It made me laugh out loud, it made me sniffle (a lot) in one part and it made me feel as if I had known these characters all my life and really hated to see the book end.
I hated to say good-bye to them. (Thank God they are making it into a movie!)
Characters are rich and though one would imagine superficial, they are not. They are real and all of us know one or more of these types of characters in our own lives. We may be like one of them.
Plot, oh dear, nothing like a mystery where you do not find out about the murder until the end. I love (strong emphasis on the LOVE) when an author can weave a story that builds up to the murder where the reader has no clue until the very end. And to have those wonderful peripheral characters giving their point of view in tiny capsules at the beginning and the end of chapters to throw red herrings or to humorously, viciously explain other people's behavior, according to them is hilarious.
Setting, how can you go wrong with Australia? You can't. Enough said, make your travel plans now.
Looking back I felt excited about this book which hasn't happened very often in my book lifetime. And that is why we love to read right? To find that one book that just tickles every single one of your favorite book senses.
Buy it, own it, never let anyone borrow it.
But you will be a better friend after reading this, so go ahead and let your friends (only) borrow it..
Read it again.
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