The challenge: Micah wants to tell you the truth. She really does. Problem is, she's a self confessed liar. She lies about everything -- big things and small things. Deliberate wild lies -- like the time she told her classmates she was an hermaphrodite -- or when she pretended for two days that she was really a boy. She tells little white lies and and then admits to lies of omission. So what's the reader to think?
This is a wild story with an evolving narrative that is half revelation, half concealment. Is Micah to be trusted as she tells us what happened to her 'after hours boyfriend' Zach? Can we believe her when she describes her childhood and the strange events that shape her life and make her into what she is? Are we sure that things happened as she says they did? What of her parents? her friends? her favorite teacher?
I think teens will really enjoy this very fast-paced novel with some surprises and some "gotcha" moments along the way. Can't say much more without revealing a spoiler or two. Let's just say, the questions mount and some of the answers may perplex you.
Mature themes and content.
Ms C.
1 comment:
The book jumps around way too much. It's an interesting enough premise--a story told from the point of view of a pathological liar-- but the frequent revelations and the retractions of said revelations make the story incredibly muddled. Reading it was like putting together a puzzle with too many pieces that didn't belong.
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