Thursday 16 August 2018

Friends and Other Liars: A Novel by Kaela Coble (Review)

     Brought together by the death of their mutual friend Danny, Ruby and her group of friends from 10 years ago are faced by force to confront their deepest darkest secrets. Danny took his own life, but before doing that, he set up a way that all their secrets were to come out, as a last ditch form of revenge. Ruby has come back to pay her respects, but is then sucked back into the drama and pain of her old friends "crew". Not only do they have terrible secrets that dredge up the past, but Ruby as a huge secret of her own that she does not want coming into the light.
        Meh. Friends and Other Liars was very boring. I found that I really struggled not to just skim over entire chapters. There was also a lot of jumping between character perspectives and back and forth through time. It was quite difficult to follow. I also found that the way the book addressed suicide was lacklustre and not very pleasant to read. It mostly excused it or tried to place blame on everyone else for not fixing him or saving him. It was very unhealthy in my perspective. Other then that, the writing style was consistent and Ruby as a character was fine. I really didn't care for any of the relationships or drama that was presented in this novel, making me feel very uninterested and bored. I give Friends and Other Liars the meh rating of TWO AND A HALF STARS OUT OF FIVE!!!
*Advanced Readers Copy Review*

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