Big Little Lies

Paperback, 512 pages

Published Feb. 7, 2017 by Berkley.

ISBN:
978-0-399-58719-1
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5 stars (2 reviews)

1 New York Times Best Seller

Pirriwee Public is a beautiful little beachside primary school where children are taught that ‘sharing is caring.’ So how has the annual School Trivia Night ended in full-blown riot? Sirens are wailing. People are screaming. The principal is mortified. And one parent is dead. Was it a murder, a tragic accident or just good parents gone bad? As the parents at Pirriwee Public are about to discover, sometimes it’s the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal…

Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, school-yard scandal, and the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive. - author's website.

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This absolutely smashed.

5 stars

This was a fantastic read. It took me a little bit to really be able to track the characters because of the multiple POVs, but that's standard for me.

The pacing was great, the timing between the POVs was great, the parts between chapters contributed to the tension. Not knowing from the get-go who it was that died added a crazy amount of suspense. Especially once the trivia night happens and you're hoping to all things holy that it's not one of the girls. chef's kiss

I adored all of the characters. Though Madeline was by far my favorite. I cared about what was going on in their lives and really wanted to see everything be resolved.

The insanity of the parents in their school hierarchy was fantastically done as well. I can't believe that I took this long to read it. I thought that it was going to be …

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