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A review by lanoirede
All the Little Liars by Charlaine Harris
3.0
I first fell in love with this series about ten years ago while in high school so I was pleasantly surprised/excited when I saw that Charlaine Harris continued the series. Especially since book 8 kind of ends on a cliffhanger.
I went into this book very excited and ended up very disappointed. I made sure to reread the entire series before starting Book 9 because I thought there might be things I forgot, I was right, so everything was fresh in my mind when I started All the Little Liars.
**spoilers ahead** While the actual mystery part of the book was good and on par with the rest of the series, it was the events of Aurora's life that were disappointing. So much of it didn't make sense.
Book 8 was published in 2003, Book 9 in 2016. Though there is a 13-year gap in between the two books it's written as if Book 9 takes place immediately after Book 8. However, it seems like someone forgot to tell that to Charlaine Harris. In Book 8, cell phones were new to people and Aurora had one that she never remembered to have on her and hated carrying around with her. In Book 9 she not only has it glued to her but she's constantly texting and calling people. It was completely out of character. Uber did not exist when Book 8 was published. Now in Book 9 despite the fact that it takes place literally days after Book 8 ended Uber is not only a thing but a completely normal thing for people to use every day.
Another inconsistancy was Aurora's pregnancy. It's never explained how a woman who previously had infertility problems and was told by doctors that she couldn't get preganant was suddenly pregnant. It was made known in previous books that the problem was Aurora and not her late husband so how did Robin manage to get her pregnant?
Another thing that I felt was an inconsistency was Aurora's feelings about her relationship with Martin. I really liked the character of Martin and was very disappointed when he died. I didn't like that their relationship was suddenly being framed as Martin being controlling over Aurora. I do admit that their relationship wasn't perfect but I didn't see it as that and I feel like Aurora in Book 8 wouldn't have thought of it that way.
I've been so bothered by these inconsistencies that I came back and wrote a review, my first lol, months after I read the book. I'm looking forward to continuing the series but I hope Charlaine Harris doesn't continue to have these inconsistent plot points.
I went into this book very excited and ended up very disappointed. I made sure to reread the entire series before starting Book 9 because I thought there might be things I forgot, I was right, so everything was fresh in my mind when I started All the Little Liars.
**spoilers ahead** While the actual mystery part of the book was good and on par with the rest of the series, it was the events of Aurora's life that were disappointing. So much of it didn't make sense.
Book 8 was published in 2003, Book 9 in 2016. Though there is a 13-year gap in between the two books it's written as if Book 9 takes place immediately after Book 8. However, it seems like someone forgot to tell that to Charlaine Harris. In Book 8, cell phones were new to people and Aurora had one that she never remembered to have on her and hated carrying around with her. In Book 9 she not only has it glued to her but she's constantly texting and calling people. It was completely out of character. Uber did not exist when Book 8 was published. Now in Book 9 despite the fact that it takes place literally days after Book 8 ended Uber is not only a thing but a completely normal thing for people to use every day.
Another inconsistancy was Aurora's pregnancy. It's never explained how a woman who previously had infertility problems and was told by doctors that she couldn't get preganant was suddenly pregnant. It was made known in previous books that the problem was Aurora and not her late husband so how did Robin manage to get her pregnant?
Another thing that I felt was an inconsistency was Aurora's feelings about her relationship with Martin. I really liked the character of Martin and was very disappointed when he died. I didn't like that their relationship was suddenly being framed as Martin being controlling over Aurora. I do admit that their relationship wasn't perfect but I didn't see it as that and I feel like Aurora in Book 8 wouldn't have thought of it that way.
I've been so bothered by these inconsistencies that I came back and wrote a review, my first lol, months after I read the book. I'm looking forward to continuing the series but I hope Charlaine Harris doesn't continue to have these inconsistent plot points.