Seven Ways We Lie

captivating & fun, a real book with the teens of today's plight done tastefully bravo!

Holy shit this was the best book I've listened to in awhile. Every narrator is perfect (although Lucas sounds more like an adult man than any teenage boy) and the story unfolds beautifully.

I wanted to like this book. I really love YA, and was intrigued by the concept of showing the seven deadly sins through young narrators. However I couldn't keep listening after the second overly-stereotypical narrator started reading. I barely made it through the "yeeahhhh maaaan" stoner voice which over-emphasized every syllable, but once the "nerd voice" (complete with the sound of a stuffed nose and shrillness that almsot hurt my ears) began, I had to turn off the book--something I never do.

99% of the time, I will hold out until the end of a book or movie because despite any flaws, I love the craft and want to see what the writer does next. However these narrators made good writing sound impossibly false.

I would be interested in the print version of this story, because I think the writer certainly has talent (even though I was slightly underwhelmed by the approaches to suspense, though I can't really speak to that because I didnt get far enough in). However, I think the wrong narrators were chosen, making even the main concept of the sins manifested in people more in-your-face than masterfully crafted in.

I really enjoyed this. The readers voice for one of the guys was almost unbearable but the story was worth it.