Week 4, Liar

The title of the book Liar by Justine Larbalestier was significant because Micah, the main character in the story, is a compulsive liar from the start. She is trying to quit lying, but she cannot seem to shake the habit. I feel bad for Micah because she cannot stop lying. It’s like she needs to lie to make her life better. I think it’s too early to criticize or praise her; therefore, I am indifferent. I do know that at the end of this book I will still show sympathy for her because that’s how I treat all my book characters. There is one point in the book where I feel like I was “stabbed” by the book. That was when they were in the counseling circle and someone mentioned that Micah was not Zach’s girlfriend, but Sarah was. That’s when I stopped trusting the book and started trying to guess the lies before the truth was revealed. Because the main character lies, I do not know if what she says about other characters is true or not.

I think that the big shock in the middle of the book is that Micah murdered Zach (I have not read ahead yet, so please do not ruin it by telling me if I’m right or wrong). Not only because she hated him, but I think she wanted him to love only her and he would not so she murders him.