Liar: A gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist

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Overall, I think its worth giving "Liar" a go. I think there are people who will certainly love or at least appreciate the dark, enticing twists and turns of this young woman's tale. Remember the story of the Blind men and an elephant? Each of the men touch one part of the elephant, and try to determine what it is. Their guesses are very different (rope, pillar, wall, etc). The story tries to show that two people could look at the same thing and yet, come up with very different conclusions. Liar is an excellent testimony to that, as the reader initially falls for Micah's lies and then when she says the truth, we accept that as being plausible as well! Wow, this book. It only took me two days to finish, but I have a feeling it may take me several years to figure out what it meant and how I feel about it. It is compelling, thought-provoking, and deeply unsettling. Our narrator, a teen girl named Micah, tells us right up front that she is a liar. She lies about everything to everybody. She promises that she is about to come clean and tell us the truth about the death of her boyfriend Zach, who is brutally murdered during their senior year. But is she telling the truth? The reader will have to sift through so many versions of reality, and so many layers of Micah’s lies, that you will be left not sure what has happened or what it means. The novel gives a whole new meaning to ‘unreliable narrator.’

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In the real scenario, I imagine it's like this. Micah was the school outcast who kept to herself and spun lies to make herself interesting to her classmates but Zach, the popular guy, was the one she truly wanted to be with. He's handsome, funny and great at basketball but unfortunately he's already with someone and most likely doesn't return the affection. So Micah imagines she's his girlfriend after hours when no one else is around. They can't keep their hands off each other one moment but they also cuddle and slept next to each without doing anything the next. One day Micah is tired of dreaming and decides to make it a reality. She confronts him to reveal her feelings for him but when he dismisses her advances (perhaps calling her a freak as she describes him calling someone else), she becomes offended ("did Zach think that of me, too?") and then she kills him and mutilates his body to the point that he is unrecognizable (prior evidence shows that Micah has a tendency to act violently when she doesn't receive satisfactory answers or actions). Anderton, Joe (19 February 2020). "Liar season 2 finally confirms return date – and it's soon". Digital Spy . Retrieved 25 February 2020. So, this one really wasn’t for me. I’ll read the author again, but I just needed something a little more exciting. Initial Thoughts: Wow, interesting novel indeed, and not quite what I expected coming into it. I think part of my enjoyment of this novel came from listening to the narration by Channie Waites, but the other part was certainly following how interesting a narrator Micah turned out to be and describing these varied accounts. She may be a chronic liar, but she's certainly capable of telling a good story and making you think what might be the truth versus what isn't. I kept myself at an arms length through most of the story, not getting too attached to any particular thread knowing the unreliable narration of the leading character. I think I know why this book provides such a wide divide between people who love it and people who didn't - it depends upon what you take from it. For me, I followed it for the journey, and the big revelation that came about halfway into the novel - I didn't really take it as a jarring thing (then again, I wasn't thrown that much in other novels where the tone shifts into the supernatural in some measures). There's a part of me that wonders what actually happened given Micah's flawed account, but at the same time, I was fascinated by the way she manages to pull me in and sympathize with her in places.The closest comparison I can think of is Life of Pi, in which the reading of the book is enjoyable but a little unsettlingly *off*, and then at the end something is suggested that casts everything else in a new and totally devastating light. So hold on to your brains when you finish this book. Griffiths, Eleanor Bley (19 June 2017). "Downton's Joanne Froggatt is a serious schoolteacher in first-look image from ITV thriller Liar". Radio Times.

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Liar ensnared me, played with my emotions, kept me guessing, kept me reading all through the night, made me question my thoughts, it's gripping,and truly is the perfect physiological thriller!!! Judi and Amber are both completely unlikeable characters but they are both very realistic as I certainly know of some women acting like this. Judi is controlling and wants her son and grandsons all to herself, Amber, wants exactly the same by severing Judi's relationship with Ben and the boys. Both women are filled with jealousy over the other and are possessive to an extreme. It becomes clear that both women will do anything to get what they want.I finished Liar by K.L Slater last night & I must say I loved it , I could feel the tension start to buold early on & it didn't stop, the characters were well written yet flawed but again it made the premise that bit more interesting. Layton, Mark (9 December 2022). "Malaysia's Astro to adapt ITV drama 'Liar' with Double Vision". Television Business International. I'll fully admit that Justine Larbalestier's "Liar" had me captivated. I've never read a book with an unreliable narrator quite as fascinating as Micah was, considering her account of events kept me on my toes from beginning to end. She's by no means a perfect character - if anything, the line "My father's a liar, and so am I" tells you from the get-go that she's capable of being straightforward with her shortcomings. But the larger question that the novel presents in several spurts is just how much of the truth she's telling and in what capacity. I thought that the technique used in keeping Micah's account dangling on unseen strings was brilliant - though I suspect for readers who might want some kind of cohesive, forthright account might be seemingly frustrated with how this novel comes across.

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I took one evening to get to 90% and finished it off the following morning whilst eating my breakfast, this was definitely a book I personally couldn't put down.Basically read it in one day, and was kept in the dark throughout most of it. I knew something huge was coming but seriously?! Ahhh!! Holloway, Daniel (30 September 2016). "Sundance TV, ITV Partner for 'Liar' Starring Joanne Froggatt, Ioan Gruffudd". Variety. Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture and K.L. Slater for an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.