Name: The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett
Rating: 3.057142857142857 (35 reviews)
ISBN: 9781492652755

Chelsea Sedoti

When popular Lizzie Lovett goes missing, seventeen-year-old Hawthorne, a lonely misfit, finds herself becoming obsessed with solving the mystery.

The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett

Hawthorn wasn't trying to insert herself into a missing person's investigation. Or maybe she was. But that's only because Lizzie Lovett's disappearance is the one fascinating mystery their sleepy town has ever had. Bad things don't happen to popular girls like Lizzie Lovett, and Hawthorn is convinced she'll turn up at any moment-which means the time for speculation is now. So Hawthorn comes up with her own theory for Lizzie's disappearance. A theory way too absurd to take seriously...at first. The more Hawthorn talks, the more she believes. And what better way to collect evidence than to immerse herself in Lizzie's life? Like getting a job at the diner where Lizzie worked and hanging out with Lizzie's boyfriend. After all, it's not as if he killed her-or did he? Told with a unique voice that is both hilarious and heart-wrenching, Hawthorn's quest for proof may uncover the greatest truth is within herself.

Kourtney

Here we go again - a book so many people are reviewing that they love and I just...don't...get...it. Hawthorne Creely idolizes a girl who was a senior when she was a freshman (Lizzie Lovett) as Hawthorne feels that Lizzie leads a charmed life. How unfair that Hawthorne doesn't have friends like she thinks Lizzie does, or be able to do things, go places, flirt with...blah blah blah. 

And then Lizzie Lovett ends up missing. So naturally, Hawthorn becomes super creepy and tries to become Lizzie by taking her job at the local diner, and trying to date Enzo, Lizzie's boyfriend who was the last person to see her alive. If she could have worn Lizzie's skin, I think she would have. 

Couple this creepy, unnatural obsession with an immature take on what Hawthorne really believes happened to Lizzie (the way a young child would try to process a disappearance and assumed death) and you have this book of nonsense. Other reviewers have called Hawthorne magical, whimsical or a breath of fresh air on how you see the world. I see a child who never grew up and blames the world for all of her perceived slights (ah she must be part of the award for participating crowd!) 

I finished this book because I wanted to see what happened to Lizzie, not to see anything more about Hawthorne's "theory." I wanted to see what lies Lizzie told - still waiting on that. So how can this book be called The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett if that's never referenced?

I would skip this one. I need a character that is rooted in reality for me.

I received this e-book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Jessica 

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I AM SO SAD ABOUT THIS. No joke, I've moved to DNF it multiple times in the last year and a half or so. And then moved it back to the, "Oh, no. I'm giving it another go." pile again. This time, I have to say I think it is time to call it a day on The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett and say it wasn't for me. This time, I got 1% further in my stopping point but that isn't really great. 

This cover is so dang cheerful. I feel like it was like, hey, Jessica! Love me! And then I was all like, "Hey! Leave a message after the beep! I am disconnecting from everything about it FOR NO GOOD REASON!" Like, I just could NOT get into it and there's nothing more to say than it just wasn't my cup of tea. And I'm super bummed about it. 

Look, I'm not going to say that this was a bad book. I'm not going to say anything mean against it or the author. It wasn't for me and that's fine. Taste is subjective and, as always, don't take it as the gospel.

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