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Great storyline, just a very frustrating execution. Just watch episodes 1, 7 and 8. The rest is filler and adds absolutely nothing to the plot. Pretentious use of time, ridiculous script at points, but a nice overall storyline if it had been 3 episodes, or a movie. Acting across the board is decent, especially with some of the ridiculous lines the actors were forced to regurgitate, and cinematography is pleasant.

Bit twee and cheesy at times, would have benefited at being clear as to what audience they are looking to engage - seems like they tried to pander to all whilst satisfying none.

Overall, not worth the total time investment, follow other critics advice and skip the middle episodes, unless you have nothing better to do and looking to kill time.

I'm usually really picky with TV shows. I can tell within a few minutes if something isn't for me. But this show grabbed me almost immediately. Maybe it was the visuals, or the divergent storyline, but something about it just clicked. The dynamic between the three Sinclair sisters was the highlight for me, their squabbles, their raw honesty, and the beautiful chaos of their lives. It felt authentic. Familiar, even reminiscent of Succession, but still fresh in its own way.

I expected the flashbacks to throw me off, and at first, I thought I was more drawn to their pasts, the lives they lived before the accident we knew little about. But as the episodes unfolded, I found myself just as invested in what had happened as I was in what was coming next. It surprised me how much I cared. It made perfect sense.

I want to say that I think the majority of people who are disappointed in this didn't read the book or don't know that its based off of a book. For those complaining about the writing, it was a young adult novel that was a pretty average book to begin with. I read it as a teacher because my middle school girls were obsessed with it for a period of time. It's creative and not perfect. I think this is a solid adaptation of a pretty good book. I just hate to see some people giving the show so much hate. For those of you who read and came here first to check out reviews, see if you can get a hold of the book and read it before watching the show!

Prior to watching this I'd never heard of the book or had heard any advertising for the show so I didn't know what to expect.

Throughout the show viewers are left wondering was there foul play with Candace accident, was it a family member out for revenge, was it truly an accident? Although the show is quite slow, I enjoyed it most of the time. The acting was decent, the script was good, and love the messy family drama. Overall the show would be maybe a 5/10 until the ending.

The ending was something I would've never guessed, and I'm here for it. Not only do we get closure on Candace's accident, we're left with an introduction into a storyline that if it gets approved will answer many of the other questions brought up throughout the show.

Overall if you're looking for a good show to watch in your downtime that you don't have to pay super close attention too, this is the one!

I grew up as one of the "poorer" cousins to old money from the east, so I am very familiar with the mindset, settings, attitudes, and behaviors of the wealthy. So far this does, in fact, portray them accurately. Yes they pretend to be perfect, but are far from it in reality. Maybe they're not portrayed favorably, as some critics would hope for, but accurately. I'm not here for that though, what I am here for is the mystery of regaining memories, rediscovering family, and character growth/development. Even though some people seem to be too idealistic in their views of the world, that's how some people are. I didn't get the sense that this show is being preachy at all. One character's views are not propped up as the only correct view. People believe different things, share different insights, get upset over petty issues, and it all comes together in a kaleidoscope of personalities. And "news flash" most people are disgusting, fallible, and stupid, whether they are in a trailer park, or in a mansion. It's just that some mask it better than others, and some try to control things so much to overcompensate for it, that the control bleeds over into invading the lives of others. I think if anything, so far, the show tells us that lies have consequences, no matter who you are. That is universal.

Anyone who judges this negatively as a comparison to the book does not allow it to be a masterpiece on its own as a show. Having never read the book, the show was so well done, so devastatingly sad, and just filled with such great storytelling that it had me fumbling to get to the next episode immediately - it made me want to read the book! It's been a long time since a show or movie has made me cry the way this did. I think we all get caught up in comparing TV to book without realizing that books, in a way, will always be better because you are meant to be engaged with words - TV has to change small details here and there to keep those who haven't read engaged as well. Watch it, watch it alllll the way to the end. You will not regret it!

Watching We Were Liars felt like being lured into a dream only to realize, far too late, that it was a nightmare. It's sun-drenched and pretty on the outside-Cape Cod vibes, golden-hour dinners, old money elegance-but beneath all that gloss is guilt, trauma, and a twist that genuinely left me stunned even knowing what was coming.

If you're going in blind: good. This story wants to break your heart.

✅ What Worked for Me

1. That dreamy aesthetic masks real tragedy The island is a character all on its own-gorgeous, isolated, haunting. The cinematography is stunning and almost too perfect... which, of course, is the point.

2. Sadie Sink as Cadence = inspired casting She carries this film. You feel her confusion, her hunger for truth, and that quiet ache underneath every interaction. The way she plays memory loss and emotional unraveling is subtle and devastating.

"We are liars. We are beautiful and privileged. We are cracked and broken."

3. The twist still lands Even if you've read the book, the way the film builds to it-slowly, with these eerie flashes of memory and tension-made it work all over again.

4. The score is haunting The music walks that tightrope between nostalgic and unnerving. Piano melodies over painful flashbacks? Brutal.

❌ What Didn't Land as Well

1. Some characters feel too thin Gat, Johnny, and Mirren (the other "Liars") don't get enough screen time to feel fully fleshed out. You get glimpses, sure-but if you haven't read the book, you might not connect as deeply.

2. The pacing drags a little mid-film The second act meanders as Cady tries to piece things together. Some repetition could've been trimmed for tighter momentum.

3. Voiceover-heavy moments feel too bookish A few lines work better on the page than out loud. At times, it feels like the script is trying too hard to stay "poetic."

🌟 Final Thoughts

7 out of 10 We Were Liars doesn't just tell you a story-it makes you question everything you just saw, and everything you believed. It's a sun-soaked tragedy wrapped in a mystery, and when the pieces finally fall into place, it leaves you gutted in the best way. It's not a "twist movie"-it's a memory movie. And it lingers.

I knew the ending. It still broke me.

🎥 If You Liked This, You Might Also Enjoy: 1. The Summer I Turned Pretty - Romance, nostalgia, and messy emotions

2. Dead Poets Society - Youth, tragedy, and secrets kept too long

3. Before I Fall (2017) - Guilt, time loops, and emotional unraveling

4. Atonement (2007) - Another sunlit story that cuts you deep

5. Sharp Objects (HBO) - Secrets, trauma, and a woman on the edge.

When I started watching this show, I had literally no expectations since the little I had heard about the book wasn't that good. But it was an excellent surprise! The mystery of what happened to the protagonist, her pain and confusion trying to remember the year before and her sweet romance was incredibly hooking. It took me basically one sitting to watch it all. Emily Alyn Lynd does an excellent job as a trauma survivor and is able to made me sympathize with her pain despite of my reality being as far as possible from a white rich girl. I liked most of the other actors, too, and my only reason to not giving 10 stars is the unnecessary length of the show giving the fact that there were not so much plot beside of what happened to the protagonist. But, in sum, I was completely hooked from the start and entirely devastated at the ending of it.

After reading a lot of negative reviews, I did not expect much from this series. I'm not familiar with the book at all, so I went in watching this with no idea what it was about.. I felt the first few episodes were pretty slow, and I actually was fast-forwarding a bit. The ending made up for the slow story. I did not see that coming at all.

It also leaves an open for a season 2 , which I would definitely watch.

The acting is pretty good, especially the four teenagers. I've never seen any of them in anything else. The three sisters were annoying. I think one of them was Meryl Streep's daughter. I binged this in 2 days and I recommend giving it a try without all the haters reviews.

The four major roles - Cady, Gat, Mirrin and Johnny are cast with actors that are too old to play 16-year-old teenagers. Shubham Maheshwari, who plays Gat, is 29. The actresses who play Cady and Mirrin are 23 and the actor who plays Johnny is 20. The carriage and maturity between a 16-year- old and a 23-year-old is very different. It shows.

The mothers are only 10 years older than their actor children. Again, it shows.

The other thing that is unrealistic is how money grubbing the three sister's characters are. If they hate each other so much, they wouldn't spend the summer's together. And not every person with money just wants money. The patriarch is also a horrible person, also all about money. I think the author or screenwriters are writing about a world they don't know or understand. Very shallow writing.

The scenery is pretty, the premise bizarre. Issues that could have been explored were ignored. Other issues - like grief, privilege and race were dealt with badly.

This show is not convincing on so many levels, so I say - it is a miss.

I thought I was going to be watching a dysfunctional rich family, in their gorgeous summer homes with a who done it type plot. Instead, I got emotionally ambushed by a plot twist that drop kicked me straight into a puddle of my own feelings. I've been SOBBING for 25 straight minutes. Like ugly crying ya'll. Can't breathe, someone hold me, kind of sobbing.

Absolutely NO ONE warned me this would destroy me emotionally, spiritually, and possibly financially (from the therapy I now need).

If you've seen it...you KNOW.

If you haven't... buckle up and hydrate.

You are not ready.

They were liars. I was lied to.

And now I just lay here, trying to sleep, but my heart & soul are wrecked. 10/10 and so well done.

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I read the young-adult novel by E. Lockhart years ago and I was captured by its storytelling, characters and plot twists.

Watching the characters Cadence, Gat, Johnny and Mirren come to life and follow their summer in the series was really moving.

They did a great job portraying each character. The visuals were so overwhelming at times that I had to remind myself its just a series.

The last two episodes made me tear up and my heart race even though I knew what actually happened, but seeing it on screen was more brutal than reading it and imagining the scenes in my head.

I can really recommend watching the series and also to read the book!

The first four episodes were excruciatingly dull-so dry and lifeless that watching them felt like a chore. You could immediately tell the show was adapted from a book rather than developed as an original screenplay. The dialogue lacked spark, the direction felt uninspired, and the acting was flat and disengaging. It was hard to stay invested.

But then Episode 5 hit and it was a dramatic masterpiece. Raw, emotional, and utterly gripping. It completely changed the trajectory of the series for me. For the first time, I was genuinely invested in what would happen next. The emotional tension was so palpable that I couldn't stop thinking about it. Everything suddenly felt real.

One major critique I have, though, is how out of sync the cultural references were. The show is supposedly set in 2016-2017, yet so many of the social media mentions and pop culture callbacks clearly came from a post-COVID, 2022-2025 era. It was jarring. For instance, referencing Ice Spice in the summer of 2016 makes no sense, she wasn't even on the radar back then. The language and cultural cues felt misaligned with the time period they were trying to portray.

That said, the mothers were cast perfectly. Their performances were chilling, they embodied cruelty and manipulation in such a deeply believable way.

If you're planning to watch this show, my biggest advice is: do not read any reviews, summaries, or even look at the book. Go in completely blind. There's a massive spoiler that, if you find out beforehand, will completely distort how you experience the series. I usually don't mind spoilers, but in this case, avoiding them is essential. The impact of that moment is unforgettable it sent actual shivers down my spine.

The last four episodes more than made up for the first half. They were gut-wrenching. My heart broke for Mirren-Esther McGregor delivered such an astonishingly raw performance. You feel her pain in every scene. I cried for her over and over again. The emotional weight by the end is almost unbearable, you're left nauseated, hollow, and stunned.

And despite how heavy it all was, I'm genuinely considering rewatching it. And I never rewatch.

I originally read the book when it came out. I did finish it, but it was a slog.

It's very difficult to become invested in characters who experiences, environments and emotional responses are so alien from the average Joe. Hoi Polloi. We, the great unwashed.

When you write such unsympathetic characters as source material, it is very difficult for a screen writer to translate that to watchable on screen characters. Let alone scenarios. Surely you have to either like or relate to people you're watching? If neither then it's game over.

If the source material is bad, the script will be bad, and therefore skilled actors will be left adrift.

This was a litany of errors. From book, to script, to production.

I read the book about 4 years ago and can basically say that i guessed the plot in page 20 or 30. Must add this detail that it was the second thriller/mystery book that i read. I saw the notifs of the release of the series and started watching it. To be fair, it was way better than the book. All those people who said that the series was boring, i agree. I even got surprised when i saw that it's a series and not a movie since the book had such a simple story. But let's admit the fact that the series had so much added story and details in it which was amusing to me. Not a good actor choice for Gat though. He had basically no acting skills.

We Were Liars was a tough one for me to rate. On one hand, it's undeniably compelling. The storyline is wild - twisted, layered, and full of sharp turns that keep you watching all the way to the end. It's not a typical coming-of-age drama; there's a strong thread of dark humour woven throughout, which I found refreshing and at times even hilarious. It's the kind of film that can make you laugh, think, cringe, and -depending on your own story - even cry.

The performances are solid, and the atmosphere of the film is thick with tension and emotional undercurrents. That said, I did feel it was a little too long. Some scenes dragged or repeated what had already been established, which affected the pacing. Still, it was original enough to keep me invested.

My biggest difficulty, however, lies with the ending. Without giving anything away, I want to include a gentle caution: this conclusion could be very triggering for some viewers. What I experienced while watching the final moments has never happened to me before - I felt physically sick. Worse, it actually provoked an anxiety attack. In my case, I suspect this reaction stems from past trauma, and I imagine others with similar experiences could be affected in the same way.

This doesn't mean the ending was poorly done. In fact, it was powerful and emotionally intense. But it was that intense. I believe in honest storytelling, and We Were Liars certainly doesn't pull any punches. Just be prepared: it's not light entertainment, and the emotional weight it carries might hit you harder than expected.

Ultimately, it's a bold, clever film that earns both admiration and caution. Recommended - with a warning.

In many respects it deserves an 8 but for me it was too much.