You know how sometimes with books, you can feel like, old, reading them? I don't quite know how to articulate this, but I was always so into young adult books that mainly focused on the lives of teenagers, that when I first started reading books for adults with main adult characters, it made me feel a little bit stuffy and too mature for my age. Like Nicholas Sparks, and basically reading any book where the narrator is married with kids. Like hello, I love a good book no matter what, but it's nice to relate sometimes to a 24 year old character with no life direction who lives at home with her parents.... but who wants to read a book about that?!
Anyways, this book was literally like a breath of fresh air, while drinking a pink champagne grapefruit mimosa, on the beach in a new high-waisted striped bikini, with a pair of designer sunglasses on.
Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty was a book I set a March Goal to finish by the end of the month. In truth, a part of me didn't even want to finish this book, I thought it was so good. It takes place in Australia (which it honestly took me over half the book to figure out), right on the coast, in a town that is diverse in economy and focuses around the lives of three women. Celeste is the beautiful wife of a freakin' billionaire who always has her head in the clouds. Madeline is by far my favorite character, a nosy and pot-stirring fashionista with a PMS problem and empathy for days, who is somehow unbelievably likable. And Jane, a young mother who is plain in appearance but has a profound backstory that the plot-line circles around and ultimately zooms in on.
All of these women are mothers and their children are all in kindergarten. Who would've thought that kindergarten could be so dramatic??? Between the kindergarten class and their meddling parents there are bullying, accusations, infidelity, a witch hunt against a five year old child, a sex bid on a teenager, and obviously lies both big and small that all center around the mystery behind the first four hundred pages of this book - A MURDER.
We are left in the dark about who committed the murder and who was victim until the very very end. And honestly, it shocked me! And I'm difficult to shock. I can see a dead giveaway ending a mile away. At the end of each chapter are snippets of interviews with parents and members of the Piriwee Peninsula community, which give major insight into the many different personalities all dancing and weaving around each other in this absolutely amazing book.
Reader Questions:
My favorite part of finishing a good book is talking about it with anyone who's read it. So to anyone who has picked up this bestseller:Did you see the ending coming about who Ziggy's father actually was?
Do you think cruelty and violent tendencies are inherited, or do you think Max only exhibited those behaviors because he idolized his father?
What are your thoughts on Bonnie? I personally loved her, and loved how the author portrayed her as this yoga hippie weirdo right up until the end, when we learn why she is the way she is.
How do you think Celeste handled her situation? And do you think Perry would have seriously killed her after the trivia night?
Do you have any experience with domestic violence issues? Celeste seemed to think that since she fought back, she wasn't as much as a victim. What are your thoughts on this?
How did you like Liane Moriarty's writing style? I thought it was fresh, upbeat, driving, and sooooo entertaining!
Any other thoughts, feel free to share them! I really freaking loved this book!
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