Big Little Lies

Audiobook

Published July 29, 2014 by Penguin Audio.

Audible ASIN:
B00K8F589A
5 stars (2 reviews)

A murder.... A tragic accident.... Or just parents behaving badly? What’s indisputable is that someone is dead.

Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She’s funny, biting, and passionate; she remembers everything and forgives no one. Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare, but she is paying a price for the illusion of perfection. New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for a nanny. She comes with a mysterious past and a sadness beyond her years. These three women are at different crossroads, but they will all wind up in the same shocking place.

Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the little lies that can turn lethal.

24 editions

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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4 stars

Subjects

  • Suburbs
  • Murder
  • Families
  • Schools
  • Divorce
  • Parents
  • Fiction
  • Parenting
  • Mystery fiction
  • Female friendship
  • Truthfulness and falsehood
  • Domestic fiction
  • Fiction, suspense
  • Friendship, fiction
  • Fiction, women
  • Fiction, family life
  • nyt:hardcover-fiction=2014-08-17
  • New York Times bestseller
  • New York Times reviewed
  • Fiction, thrillers, suspense
  • Fiction, family life, general
  • Women
  • nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2015-08-30
  • Type A behavior
  • Large type books
  • FICTION / Contemporary Woen
  • Fiction, thrillers, general
  • Fiction, media tie-in