Big Little Lies
Three women in a seaside town. A dead body at a school trivia night. Everyone is hiding something.
Mood Tense & Suspenseful
Pacing Fast-Paced
Complexity Light & Accessible
Pages 480
Reading Time
~16–24 hrs
Three women in a seaside town. A dead body at a school trivia night. Everyone is hiding something.
About This Book
From the author of Here One Moment and The Husband’s Secret comes the #1 New York Times bestselling novel about the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive.THE INSPIRATION FOR THE AWARD-WINNING HBO® SERIES STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON, NICOLE KIDMAN, SHAILENE WOODLEY, LAURA DERN, ZOË KRAVITZ, AND MERYL STREEP—AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON MAX®A murder...A tragic accident...Or just parents behaving badly? What’s indisputable is that someone is dead.Madeline is a force to be reckoned with.
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want to be kept on edge: propulsive, twisty, and hard to put down. The prose is accessible: you can read this quickly and it never asks too much of you. It moves quickly: once you're in, it's hard to stop. Readers who prefer character depth over plot drive may find it thin.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something tense and impossible to put down, and a read that's fast and propulsive.
What It Explores
Big Little Lies explores friendship and what it genuinely asks of us, family in all its complexity — inherited and chosen, and revenge and whether it ever delivers what it promises.
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