Liar, Justine Larbalestier
Liar, Justine Larbalestier
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Liar

Author: Justine Larbalestier

Narrator: Channie Waites

Unabridged: 7 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/29/2009


Synopsis

The ultimate unreliable narrator takes readers on a thrill ride in this highly acclaimed novel. Prepare to grasp for truth until the very last page.Micah is a liar. That's the one thing she won't lie about. Over the years, she's duped her classmates, her teachers, and even her parents. But when her boyfriend Zach dies under brutal circumstances, Micah sets out to tell the truth. At first the truth comes easily. Other truths are so unbelievable, so outside the realm of normal, they must be a lie. And the honest truth is buried so deep in Micah's mind even she doesn't know if it's real. "Readers will get chills . . . [and] be guessing and theorizing long after they've finished this gripping story." -Publishers Weekly, starred review"[Micah's] suspenseful, supernatural tale is engrossing. . . . The chilling story she spins will have readers' hearts racing." -School Library Journal, starred review"An engrossing story of teenage life on the margins." -Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewAn ALA Best Book for Young Adults
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of 2009

About Justine Larbalestier

JUSTINE LARBALESTIER is the author of the award-winning Magic or Madness trilogy. She wishes she had a clothes shopping fairy instead of the procrastination fairy she battles with almost every day. She is married to author Scott Westerfeld and divides her time between Sydney and New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rick

Wow, this book. It only took me two days to finish, but I have a feeling it may take me several years to figure out what it meant and how I feel about it. It is compelling, thought-provoking, and deeply unsettling. Our narrator, a teen girl named Micah, tells us right up front that she is a liar. Sh......more

Goodreads review by Shannon

Micah is a liar. You can't trust anything she says. She will lie about telling the truth, and she will lie about lying. Attention-seeker, the shrinks say. Jealous of her little brother, they say. Does she even have a brother? Maybe she just made him up. Maybe she didn't. Maybe her dad is an arms dea......more

Whoa. This was one trippy novel. I'm a huge fan of speculative novels, am new to unreliable narrators and I knew the big twist going in (bad Rae!) but the complexities and overall haunting nature of the story took me by surprise. As you know from the blurb, Micah is a liar. The book starts out like a......more