If you have not heard of this book, you are missing out on something great!
Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive.In this story, we followed the lives of Madeline, Celeste and Jane revolving around drama at the kindergarten with other parents leading to a murder on the School Trivia Night.
The book started from a third party's POV that tells us that something bad had happened at the school on Trivia Night. The story then rewinds to orientation day at the kindergarten where the drama first began.
I love those short interviews/bitching of the other parents at the end of some chapters. They really enhanced the chapters! Those are so quirky and funny to read. It gives hint about the drama between the parents and yet it is so relatable because in reality, parents do bitch about other parents from school! Even co-workers bitch to one another in our life.
Friendship, domestic abuse, school bullying, parenting mishaps....despite the heavy topics, this book is a very light and easy read. The humor within it that comes from the various characters made it so much easier to appreciate it. This is my second book by Liane Moriarty and she is quickly becoming one of my favorite author.
Overall, if you are a fan of Where'd You Go, Bernadette (another amazing book that you must read if you haven't), this book is for you. If you are a parent, you will totally be able to relate to some of the contents in this book because they just so real to everyone out there. An amazing book and one that I will recommend to all my friends to pick it up.
P.S: Two of my friends already did and they both loved it too!
P.P.S: Do not watch the HBO TV Series! It does no justice to the book. The book is way better!
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