via The Book That Inspired Me To Write: We Were Liars
All writers have that one book that moves them to the point where they find themselves prompted to write like the author. It may not be their favourite book, it may be flawed, or even a failure, yet there is something within its covers that connects with us and provides that latent writer within us the spark of life. For me, that book was We Were Liars by E. Lockhart/ Emily Jenkins.
Ever since this book was published, it had garnered rave reviews both from readers as well as critics. I’d been wanting to read it for some time but always got put off by its YA tag. I used to think – YA is for kids. I’ll invest my time in a ‘deeper’ book.
This book not only changed my perception about YA but also proved to me that even teenager mysteries can be deeply moving when they’re handled cleverly. So when in the summer of 2016 I injured my knee badly enough that I had to spend most of my day horizontally, I finally picked it up. And I didn’t put it down till I had finished it… within a day. I’ve only done that with one other book – Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, and Liars far surpassed the other, more technical story…
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Thanks a lot for visiting. I’ll definitely hop over to your blog ASAP 🙂
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There are some books who have this effect on us and urging to write. There are many such authors and cannot think of one particular author right now.
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When you do remember, be sure to let me know 😉
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Sure 😀👍
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I felt and thought the same way about YA fiction too. At least, until I was asked to read Wendy Orr’s ‘Peeling the Onion’ about some teenagers who, after being in a car accident, find their lives changed forever.
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Now I haven’t read that or heard of it. Would you recommend it?
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Might I say, the book did a great favour to many of us by inspiring you to write ☺️. Will surely pick it up. But yeah, Da Vinci Code was amazing! I’m guessing, this one’s a notch higher?
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Aw thanks a lot darling! Da Vinci Code and this are two different genres but yes, if I’m to choose between the two, I’d any day vote for Liars. It’s a beautiful tragic mystery. Read it if you get the chance 😊
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