“They say it's good to let your grudges go, but I don't know, I'm quite fond of my grudge. I tend it like a little pet.”
Book: Big Little
Lies
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.
Genre: Fiction,
Mystery, Contemporary
Synopsis: A murder...A tragic accident...Or just parents behaving badly? What’s
indisputable is that someone is dead.
What I think about it…
Big Little Lies is a very
interesting story with some mystery, a murder, a whole lot of fun and
catfights. It revolves around the lives of three moms and what’s going on in
their families, the problems they have, their struggles and hustles and the
secrets they keep. The back stories on how the characters are related to each
other are just crazy. The plot is more
about the dilemma and abuse that the women are facing –be it that you’re single
or married.
I love all
the characters – Madeleine’s nonstop chattering, Jane’s simplicity and
Celeste’s vulnerability – they represent a lot of women in this planet.
Madeleine
was once a young, single parent that’s why when she met Jane, she can identify
with her. Madeleine is having problems with her teen daughter Abigail. I can
also relate to Madeleine in so many ways. Not that I was once a single mother
or that I am married or that I have a teenage kid but more so on the fact that
she can’t forgive her ex, Nathan, after all these years and even after they
have their own families. It’s difficult to forgive especially when you can see
that the person who wronged you doesn’t suffer for what he/she did to you. And
so Madeleine, I so feel you.
Jane, a
single mom to Ziggy, has her own secrets to keep. No one knows who was Ziggy’s
father and Jane is not ready to share it to anyone, not even to her family. But
one night she just felt like she needed to tell her story and be free from it.
She told Madeleine what happened to her and who the father is Ziggy’s father. One
of the endings I love in this book is of Jane’s. There’s so much hope in her
ending and I hope she finds true love and happiness.
People think
Celeste have it all – the beauty, the money, the handsome, successful husband
and the perfect family living in the perfect house – but what they don’t know
is she’s been keeping a dark secret …. You only see what other people want you
to see. Sometimes what lies beneath is not what it seems on the surface.
Celeste’s story is the proof that reality is painfully ruthless.
My Verdict
I love that
ending. The stories of the women in this book could be happening to anyone in
reality. I’ve never been so awestruck
with an ending. There are books that bring warmth, make me cry or surprised me
but so far Liane Moriarty’s plot twists are the only ones that make my jaw drop
and say, ‘sh********t’ – yes, the
super long one. So, I need to see that TV adaptation. Also this book is highly
recommended.
MY RATING
★★★★☆
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