by Judy Blundell
"They left the lights burning in the skyscrapers all night long, because now they could." That does an excellent job of setting the scene of a time period I don't know very well. This was dark, which is appropriate for the time period and the ideas handled. The "lighter" sub-plot involved anti-...
If you're looking for great reads that aren't part of a big commercial series and aren't genre fiction (whatever that means these days) - in other words if you want a beautifully crafted work of literature AND a great plot - you might want to check out the two above, or the others in my YA Worth Rea...
What I Saw and How I lied is not going to end up as one of those books that returns to my thoughts now and again. It's perfectly forgettable.This is a coming of age book set at the end of World War 2. Evie is a teen who's step father, Joe, has just come back from the war and he's not exactly the m...
"What I Saw and How I Lied" is an account of a fifteen year old girl who has to come to terms with some startling realities in the latter part of the 1940s. She ultimately has to pick up the pieces and find a way to choose between what she's asked to do, what she wants to do, and what it means to d...
A magnificent début novel!
I had a little trouble at the beginning, where too much is told about the post-war world, it felt a little out of character for the naive 15 year old. But the deeper I got into it, the more I enjoyed it. Lots of layers, lots for Evie to discover about herself and others, and how it all fits togeth...
I think that I had a hard time getting around to reviewing this book because I couldn't decide whether the lie mentioned in the title was a lie of bravery or cowardice. I still don't know. And I don't think the pretty girl on the front cover, Evie, knows either. The novel opens at the end of World W...
in a sentence or so: Evie, her mom, and her step-dad Joe head to Florida after he returns home from WWII. what Evie believes to be a vacation adventure and potential fresh start for her ho-hum life ends up being a journey from her own naivety to ultimate disillusionment with everyone in her life...h...
http://bysinginglight.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/what-i-saw-and-how-i-lied-a-review/by Judy BlundellEvie is just another girl, growing up in New York City in 1947. When her stepfather decides that their family needs to take a trip to Florida, unexpected events begin to occur and soon Evie's world beg...
It was a good page-turner. I liked the premise – about a girl having to lie in court in order to cover up the murder her parents may or may not have committed. But despite the intrigue, it didn't quite reach its potential. I think the main issue was the main character, who came off as shallow and ki...
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