E. Lockhart is an artist. "We Were Liars" is her masterpiece. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder though. The story line is gripping, and I couldn't put it down, but the prose was very distracting. I would get sucked into the story, and then interrupted by a disjointed or unorganized sentence. Her metaphors were confusing. In spite of her art, I did enjoy the mystery and felt like Lockhard did a splendid job of creating likable and realistic characters. I know others will disagree in regards to my opinion on her writing style, so I feel like 4 stars is more fair than the 3 I really want to give it. 
 I would recommend this to those whole enjoy plot twists, mysteries and can appreciate poetry.