Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

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.

Hey everyone, its Sarah and I'm back with another book review. Today's review is on Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty.

And can I just say this book had me guessing the whole way through.

At the very beginning of the book you are brought to a trivia night and something has gone horribly wrong, but before anything is revealed you are sent back in time to orientation day and the clues are laid down from there. Slowly, you twist and turn through the story till you come to the truth. Big Little Lies is a dark little story, full of suburban secrets, some big and some little, and some incredibly damaging. The story touches on issues such as domestic violence, lone parenting, step parenting, bullying and stereotyping, but there is a laugh-out-loud type of humour than is woven through it as well.

I enjoyed this book from beginning to end, and while I wasn’t on the edge of my seating dying to read it the whole time, I was happy to be able to sit down and read when I had the chance and I didn’t dread the sight of it. Big Little Lies kept me intrigued and I wanted to know what happened, the main thing that kept me in the story was wanting to know what happened at the trivia night—which is what I think you are meant to be figuring out while reading this book—and when I did find out I wasn’t disappointed. I felt the ending of the story was a good wrap up and I am glad that I read it to the very end.

There were some things I didn’t like and some things I did, I don’t know if it was how I read it but the pace didn’t seem to flow as smoothly as I thought it would. Some chapters were great but others not so much. Some characters I didn’t like but others I did. The characters I did like were enjoying to read and kept me smiling throughout.

The over all read of this book is easy and you won’t get lost trying to figure out what happened at the trivia night. It’s a good read and deserves the attention it has been given.

But that’s all I got for now.

I’ll write you soon.

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