We Were Liars is a book about 4 friends/ cousins who spend their summer on a private island with their family. Throughout the book Cady calls the 4 friends The Liars. They all stick together and try to not let their family get in the way of them always having a great summer. However it seems strange to me that she would call themselves liars. More importantly what were they lying about? Through her Granddad's

eyes Cadence is the future for the Sinclair family. Cadence’s mother is making sure that it stays that way. Throughout the book all of the aunts keep fighting about the beautiful Clairmont house. They all want it but only one can really have it. Granddad loves to see his daughters fighting over what he has because it gives him power that he loves. However all of the children hate it. Their mothers are constantly trying to use their kids to get the house and turn on each other. Cady, Mirren, Johnny, and Gat are all done with it. So they do something that they think at the time will solve it all and fix the family. They burn down the thing that everyone keeps fighting over… The Clairmont house. However things didn’t work out as planned. Mirren, Johnny, and Gat ended up dying in the fire. Ruining the family forever. After finishing the book I felt that they were called The Liars because their mothers constantly asked them to lie for them and lie to get what they want. Their whole lives were based off of lies. So what else would they be called? The Liars is the best name that they could give themselves. Each one of the children had to lie for their mothers. They had to act normal, act like they were strong and brave, act like they were going to be the future for the Sinclair family. After reading lots and lots of reviews no one can really grasp why they were called The Liars. Some people have their ideas but there is no solid evidence. Some people think, “I don't think the book ever said why they were called Liars. Everyone in the book lied though ... Either to themselves, someone else, or both.” Throughout the book you see the 4 kids lie and lie and lie. So maybe the author wanted to portray them as The Liars because of how much they lie. Other people thought more simply, “My guess on why their club is called LIARS is because of their family name: Sinclair. If you witch the 'I' with the 'a' it becomes LIAR. So I guess that's why.” So whether you think it’s just as simple as switching a few letters or it is based on their actions the whole book, no one really knows for sure why they are called The Liars. But I think we can all agree that The Liars is not an inaccurate name for them. The book had an unexpected ending to it. I did not enjoy the book however I will say that the ending blew my mind. Throughout the book the author dropped hints that something big was about to happen but I think most readers did not pick up on the hints. The whole book moved very slowly for me but the ending went by very fast. I was not the only one who thought this, “I didn't see it coming, like I was in love with their relationship that I didn't see all that coming. I had to re-read that one passage where the author stated that her friends were dead.”