“Pretty Little Liars” by Sara Shepard

Never trust a pretty girl with an ugly secret

The novel “Pretty Little Liars” was written by Sara Shepard in 2006. It tells the story of five girls: Alison, Rosewood´s perfect yet manipulative queen bee, Emily, who tries to hide her secret feelings for Alison, Aria, an independent teen who does not seem to fit into the picture-perfect suburb, Hanna, an insecure, chubby girl-next-door, who strives to be exactly like Alison, and lastly, Spencer, an ordinary overachiever. However, after their group leader Alison suddenly mysteriously disappears, the four girls find themselves left, being stalked by an anonymous person who calls itself “A”.  The story is all about them trying to figure out, who that anonymous stalker who seemingly knows all their darkest secrets is.

The message of the novel is that you should not let yourself get pushed down by anyone and that you should stand up for what you really want. Clearly, since there are five different girls, all with different personalities, you can probably identify with one of them.

All in all, I think, the novel is really interesting and it brought out so many feelings in me.  It made me feel sad, happy, disappointed, angry, and it even scared me sometimes. Because of this and because of the level of English which is quite comprehensible, I would strongly recommend the novel to everyone at any age, especially if you are just getting started with English novels.

Regardless of that, you might be slightly disappointed if you are a fan of the popular US-American TV series “Pretty Little Liars” which is based on this novel because the TV series is a lot different and to some extent its storyline is more fascinating.

Anabel (13)