I'll admit I wasn't expecting this book to be as good as it was. I always tell people that Contemporary novels just aren't my thing. Books where boy meets girl, fall in love, and along the way one of them gets their heart broken. This had those typical contemporary book set ups but with an epic twist. 
 We Were Liars is the story of that rich and perfect family that you always see from the outside. The family that never shows their faults and weaknesses. The Sinclairs own an entire island large enough for four houses, a boat dock, a tennis court, and more. Every family has it's faults though and this is the story of four young children attempting to bring their family together despite their flaws. 
 Even despite reading the spoilers ahead I was bawling tears by the end. (view spoiler)[ The way she was describing everyone that described in the fire was so sad. The way she remembered all of her best-friends for what they were and what she lost was just so heart breaking. No wonder why she was having selective amnesia about such a horrible night. Hearing your friends die in such a horrible way burning to death. (hide spoiler)] The click of understanding and bringing everything together in the end was done perfect. It was a gradual slope and then a sudden burst of emotion when it really hit.