Title: Big Little Lies

Author: Liane Moriarty

Genre: Contemporary, Women’s Fiction

Publisher: Berkley Books

Format: Paperback

Pages: 460

Rating: 5/5 stars

*Warning: Abusive contact-domestic abuse*

Synopsis (Goodreads):

From the author of Truly Madly Guilty and The Husband s Secretcomes a novel about the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive.

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.”

Review:

Wow this book was amazing. Not only was the story enticing, gripping, and the characters interesting, but the book deals with so many important issues in today’s society.

The book focuses on a few different families in Australia. From the outside each family looks perfect. But you never really knows what’s going on on the inside. With bullying in a kindergarten class, to the death of a parent, the book has a lot of action in it, and is like a mystery novel but also a bit like a soap opera. But in a good way.

The book deals with issues surrounding domestic violence and abuse and I have to say I was captivated reading this characters experience. She goes through so many different traumas but also blames herself for the violence. Saying that if she hadn’t used that tone, or made her husband angry etc. I think that this book takes on an important role in starting a conversation around what happens in those situations, and that you never really understand what’s going on when you’re on the outside. During the interviews for the murder investigation, the parents seem like they are just gossiping about certain characters, and making presumptions, but they don’t really know what’s going on behind closed doors. And I think that’s important to realize and remember. So thanks to the author for writing about many different important topics and I’d definitely recommend this book.

Happy reading!