Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
- mai 31, 2019
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Five mothers, five lives, one death. The tricky
relationships inside a family, the appearances that can fool everyone. This
book talks about sexual assault, motherhood, friendship, violence, love, facade.
You may
have come across this story through the HBO TVshow. I found it so great with
golden actresses and this particular mood (and the songs, THE SONGS!). It was
well made, and very true to the book for the most part. Therefore, I had to
read the book. The fact that I already knew the story and how the book ends did not bother me. I really like the fact that the actors matched perfectly
their characters.
Now, my
opinion on the book. Well, I loved it! Generally, it was well written, coherent
and it felt real. I find it difficult to have stories that seem real as if it
could happen, but this book, except a few details, gave me this feeling of
reality. Especially when it comes to the tricky relationships between a mother
with her children, them growing and becoming their own person. Or the
difficulty for a woman to find a place for everything she is in her life: a
woman, a mother, a wife, and more. Those things gave depth to the book, and I’m
sure a lot of moms can relate to this book. Of course, I found that other
details of the book were a bit too much: this little war zone that the school is
between mothers, the French au pair that had to be attractive to married dad (I
was a French au pair, this cliché is quite annoying), the perfection of Celeste
and her perfect face. However, they were not things that really had a bad
effect on the book, like I said, they are just details.
Probably
the biggest thing is the book is the multitude of subjects mentioned:
motherhood, violence, rape, bullying or toxic relationships. They all feel
real, are written perfectly. We don’t have that much details on violence
between a woman and her husband or for the sexual assault, but we don’t need
more than what is revealed to us. Everything in this book is perfectly measured
so that it is not boring nor too long or too short.
Another
interesting thing is façade on people’s life, what they show to the world, to
their friends. The perfect life does not exist for ANYONE, and the book proves
it. Photos on social medias are just photos and do not actually show the
reality and the whole context of it. You can hide behind what you show of
yourself/family to other, but at the end of the day, the whole thing is just a façade
that could easily break.
Now, the
only negative point would be the end. I was expecting a bit more pages, more
details. I knew what was going to happen, therefore I was a bit disappointed when
I saw how quick the book ended. And with the next season of the show, it’s
probable that the book has a different end to the series, this is probably also
why I was disappointed. But except the end (and the very first pages that I did
not understand in regard of the whole book, maybe I missed something), I really
liked the book and I would highly recommend it, as much as the TV series.
Have you read the book or watched the show? What's your opinion?
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