LIAR by Justine Larbalestier

One Myth I had about reading was judging a book by it's cover. Liar is one book cover that has changed that. I thought the book would be boring but I have been proven wrong. This book has been the most intriguing and interesting book I have read so far. The writing style was new to me because I'm used to "the before then the after" reading. I found myself going further into the book to read for instance the next before from the one I was reading. After trying that out for a while I decided to adopt to the way the book was written.

My favorite character of the book was Micah Wilkins. Her and I had something in common. Though unlike her, my attention seeking was mainly in private places (at home) rather than in public. Being the only girl in my family, I loved the attention so when it lacked, I enjoyed lying on my brothers, trying to always get them into trouble so I would be the good child in the family. My little lies finally got me into huge trouble and that made me stop lying completely. Lying is not something that just comes up out of the blues. Like Micah she thought because her dad used to lie to everyone and get paid for it, it was ok for her to lie too.

I have mixed emotions on her character. I don't know whether she is telling the truth or lying all over again. Though for some reason I think she is telling the truth maybe not the whole truth. Whey you lie so much and people find out that you are a  liar, the will never believe you again. That's why it is hard to believe what she is saying now.

I understand she wanted to avoid talking about her family like how her parents fought everytime or her mum being a French teacher and her dad being a writer. That wasn't a good enough reason to lie. I was in such a situation back home. I avoided telling people my last name because I didn't want any association and being related to the 2nd Republican President of Zambia. Though I am related to him, his my uncle (My dad's younger brother). I didn't lie about it but instead I just avoided saying anything about it.