Initial Impressions 8/17/17: 3.5 - 4 stars 
 This book was so unique! I'm not quite sure how I feel about it to be honest.... That's not in a bad way though. It's just a book that's really hard to put a rating on! 
 The set-up of this book is wholly unique and I don't think I've read anything like it. I received the audiobook for review from Listening Library and because it was a download and not something like an Audible file, I thought something was wrong with my file when the book started with Chapter 18... but it really does! It starts there and works its way backwards. The screwy timeline and twists and turns was very akin to movies like Pulp Fiction and Memento, where stories work themselves backwards and all around from a certain point rather than moving in chronological order. It was super interesting to watch the story unfold in reverse while still unfolding forwards and I'm so impressed with E. Lockhart's writing in this book! 
 It's also hard to rate because of this concept. It was so interesting but there were also moments where action abruptly started or stopped and I didn't even realize the end of the book was coming! 
 I think I need to think on it a little bit more but it was really different than I expected, but in a really neat way! 
 Review as posted on The Book Addict's Guide 9/15/17: For many, WE WERE LIARS was an epic, twisty, and gripping read but it never really stuck a chord with me. Being my first E. Lockhart book, it had be a little hesitant and yet also curious to read more of her works. I didn't grab a copy of GENUINE FRAUD at ALA because of my hesitation but when I was offered a review copy of the audiobook from Listening Library, I knew this would be a good way to read the book! 
 GENUINE FRAUD was so different than what I expected! It was highly unique and I'm not quite sure how I feel about it to be honest... It's just book that's really hard to put a rating on because of how different it was and what it turned out to be. I love reading Cait from Paper Fury's reviews on Goodreads and she kind of summed up exactly how I felt as well -- "This book is very very good but I also didn't like it." It was so incredibly interesting and very well put together but I also still had a hard time liking it. 
 The set-up of this book is wholly unique and I don't think I've read anything like it. I received the audiobook for review from Listening Library and since the format is a collection of files, I thought something was wrong with my file when the book started with Chapter 18 (because that's happened to me before when a book got jumbled up and I couldn't straighten it out)... but it really does start with Chapter 18 works its way backwards to Chapter 1. The screwy timeline and twists and turns were very akin to movies like Pulp Fiction and Memento, where stories work themselves backwards and all around from a certain point rather than moving in chronological order. It was super interesting to watch the story unfold in reverse while still unfolding forwards and I'm so impressed with E. Lockhart's writing in this book! 
 The book is also hard to rate because of this concept. It was so fascinating but it was kind of in that way where I was in awe of the writing and the absolute debauchery that was happening in the book that I just couldn't tear myself away. The characters are actually mostly unlikable, which isn't a turn-off for me because those can be some of the most interesting characters, but sometimes I do have a hard time connecting to them. There were also moments where action abruptly started or stopped, cutting off the flow and picking up at a different point in time, so some things were a little hard to follow, and I didn't even realize the end of the book was coming when it happened! 
 It was really different than I expected, but in a really neat way and yet I still can't quite put my finger on how I feel about it. I feel like it's worth the read with its sinister plot, moments of action, intense thrilling points, and morally complex characters, and yet at the same time, I still didn't love it. I think if I had made that one connection where a character really pulled me in, it would have blown my mind.