Big Little Lies/Liane Moriarty 
 5 stars 
 In the same vein as the other Liane Moriarty books I've read, this was full of unseen connections, mystery, and suspense. I'm not even sure I could give a synopsis of the book without dropping spoilers based on what I did or didn't reveal, so I won't. 
 Big Little Lies was filled with characters who seemed to have never left high school. As I read, I kept thinking how much these women gossiped and threw around their social status/marital status/etc to make it feel like the cliques in the halls of a high school. But surrounding the quick to judge nature of many of the characters was the high tension investigation in the background. Setting much of the story at a primary school, with all the pertinent families having kindergarten students also gave weight to that feeling that the adults were often acting like children as well. 
 The interwoven stories of these characters was fantastic. And between the bullying (both between the children and their parents), domestic violence, and blended family drama, there was so much going on it was never clear which storyline was headed towards true disaster either. 
 I never quite knew what to think as I was reading. As with The Husband's Secret and What Alice Forgot, as readers, we are not privy to what has happened except as it is hinted at, referenced, and danced around. It was unclear who the main suspects were and even who the victim was until the very scene where it was all revealed. 
 This was a book that had me thinking more than my usual reads, which is nothing less than I expect from Liane Moriarty. From start to finish I was filled with so many mixed emotions that I can't even list them. Everything from comfort and joy, to disgust and horror. Big Little Lies pulled no punches and I was pleased to go along for the ride. 
 I received an advanced copy from Penguin.