Overall: There are so many things this book gets right. The backdrop, Griffin Mills, Pennsylvania, an old and dying steel town is a unique backdrop for YA. The feeling of community and strangeness that are the hippies living in the tents in Hawthorne’s back yard. Hawthorn’s mother’s past and how it translates to her current life. Hawthorne’s outcast friendship with Emily. How normal and honestly sex is discussed.

Things take a turn from your typical contemporary YA almost immediately. Hawthorn become inexplicably wound up in the disappearance of Lizzie Lovett, a girl she only vaguely knew in high school. Her extremely active imagination sweeps her away and her relationships suffer almost immediately. Hawthorn splits into two: ordinary high school student during the day and secret unofficial private investigator at night. However, instead of this being a typical missing person’s investigation, it quickly escalates into a Persona-like obsession. This obsession sets off a trail of bad decisions that we see Hawthorn that we see through her eyes only.

Ultimately, this book wasn’t about Hawthorn’s seemingly creepy behavior. Instead, it was an exploration of motivations. Her angst and all her wrong choices are laid bare for the reader and we become judge and jury to Hawthorn, the person.

I will make a final note about: This book is marketed as YA, but I really feel that it could have been an adult novel. At the very least, YA written for adults. Is that a genre? It really should be.

Judge a Book by its Cover: Bright and sunny, this cover makes this book a natural choice for a Spring read!

Me Talk Pretty: The sole narrator of the book is Hawthorn. She is an insecure girl. She is looking for validation and is seemingly oblivious to the effects of her actions on other people. We are inside her head, for better or worse. She is a car crash and I’m the driver rubber-necking her every move. What makes Hawthorn so refreshingly human are her innumerable flaws. What makes Sedoti such a great writer is how she makes the reader care so deeply about what happens to Hawthorn despite her flaws.

Body Count: A missing girl case needs to be solved. Will there be a body, will she return or will it become a cold case?

Just. Why. I found myself scratching my head quite a bit during this book. Many of Hawthorne’s actions were morally gray, at best. Many more were beyond cringe-worthy. Despite those feelings, I still cared to find out what happened.

Bizarre Love Triangle: There is one, which developed very subtly and without too much drama. But this is YA. There is eventually SOME drama. Like so many things in this book, Hawthorn’s love life is refreshingly not the focus of her self-actualization, just one of the stepping stones along the way.

Open tab/Last call: This is Chelsea Sedoti’s first book! I’m definitely keeping the bar tab open to see what she brings next!

Oh how much I wanted to love this book, but didn't! The summary was one that I knew I had to read, but I honestly wish I hadn't. It fell so flat and didn't even come close to what it could have been. I almost DNF'd it sadly.

This is one of the rare cases where I don't know whether I like it or not. From the start to finish, I don't know what to feel.
The plot of this one was pretty good, and this was what? Contemporary AND mystery? Well, that got me really excited. After reading, though, I was pretty disappointed. The main character Hawthorne, fell flat for me. She's one of those characters that I find very difficult to like; I like that she's very creative and different but sometimes I wonder if her character has gone mental or something. I also find it difficult to like the other characters; there's only one character I like in the book, to be honest, and that's not Hawthorn (it's Connor).
This book, is a bit anti-climatic, in my opinion. It tried to build the anticipation for the climax but when it does happened, it fell, horribly, flat. But maybe this was the charm of the book, how the main character or story doesn't always have to be likable, it just have to feel realistic.

Will no longer be reading or reviewing this book due to lack of interest in the title, and the fact that the title has been archived.

Hawthorn Creely plunges into the disappearance of a missing teen, in this story called The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett. Once Hawtjprn discovers that Lizzie has gone missing, she obsesses over trying to solve this mystery, and does what she can by speaking her mind and not caring what people think because she just has to get to the bottom of this disappearance.

I read approximately 50% of the book but could just not finish it. Life is too short to read something I am not totally enjoying. I just couldn't connect with the characters or the writing.

I was very excited to pick this up. The hype it got on bookstagram was insane. I liked this book but there was just something missing that I can't put my finger on. A good one overall though.

I loved this book! The full review will be posted soon at kaitgoodwin.com/books! Thank you very much for this wonderful opportunity to connect books to their readers!

I wanted to like this since I've had a copy for so long. But I just couldnt get into it at all.
I kinda wish it was just a missing girl story without any attempt at supernatural. The added element ruined it for me.
I also had trouble caring about Lizzie or any character to be honest.
I found the story lacking and not very memorable.

SHE IS 16 AND HE'S A 30 YEAR OLD THIS IS SO WRONG. I did not like the main character, did not want to finish the book. Oh my gosh. Bratty to the point of being unrelatable.

My e-reader was out of commission and I was unable to finish this title, and many others. I cannot provide an honest review for this title.

Hello people of the internet!!! On today’s ‘Monday Memos’ we’re going to review a very unique book. If you haven’t heard of ‘The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett’ by Chelsea Sedoti then you need to keep reading because this book will most likely make it on to your TBR list this year. I was fortunate enough to receive an advance copy of this book however, I would never lie to y’all in a review and this book definitely has some issues that we’re going to discuss. Ready? Ok, let’s go!!!

'The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett’ begins by introducing us to our protagonist Hawthorne. She is a young teenage girl who becomes fascinated by the disappearance of her classmate Lizzie Lovett. Hawthorne and Lizzie definitely fall into the stereotypical “loner” & “popular girl” roles and because of this Hawthorne hates Lizzie. Now as you’ve probably predicted, Hawthorne comes from a very eccentric family, except her brother who is your stereotypical popular jock who has a huge crush on Lizzie. Ok so now that we have our foundation set up, let’s talk about what I liked about this novel. Hawthorne. Yeah, that’s honestly all there is. She was a very witty, funny, and an all around enjoyable character (at first anyway, but more about that later). Now don’t get me wrong I don’t have a problem with stereotypical YA novels that follow familiar and predictable tropes however this novel just feels confused and disjointed. The plot begins as a mystery, then adds possible supernatural elements, then quickly changes into a romance (sort of), and shifts the initial mystery into a side-story. The ending is completely unsatisfying and doesn’t make a lot of sense, and the romance is awkward to say the least. I’m not going to talk too much about the “romance” because it would take another blog post to explain everything wrong with this relationship. We get introduce to Hawthorne’s love interest Enzo early on in the novel and he is completely unlikeable and uninteresting throughout the story. The entire time I was reading this story I just wanted to reach into the book and slap Hawthorne for wasting my time on him (she can be with him in off-screen land, but why do I have to suffer through this). Lastly, we land back on Hawthorne. Her character is my favorite and least favorite part of this book. She started off as such a unique, interesting character and turned into your stereotypical dumb, petty YA girl. It’s not often that we see new, interesting female characters in YA and it’s just so sad that the author ruined such a potentially great character.

So this leads us to what you’ve all been waiting for…the final thoughts. Honestly I HIGHLY suggest that you skip this one. It definitely gets a 1 out 5 smiley faces for the book’s lack of focus, uninteresting characters, and overall boring tone. Personally I only finished this book because I received an ARC and committed to writing an honest review. With so many other amazing YA books out there I wouldn’t waste your time with this one.

I thought the description of the book was interesting, but I couldn't get into the reading. It's super well written and I think Chelsea Sedoti did well, but it wasn't the book for me.

RATING: 1 STAR
​(I received an ARC from the NETGALLEY​)​
(Review Not on Blog)
Listened to on audio)

Initial thoughts: DNF @ 25% + skimmed last 25% - I had to stop the audio and give up, but skimmed the last bit to see if I was right.

Review: When I read the synopsis of this book, I was intrigued. I tried reading this one when I first received the eBook arc but I just could not get into the story. I found the main character Hawthorne a bit annoying. I decided to give it another try and see if audio helps. Sometimes I find that listening to book is easier than reading it when I am having trouble. I found the arc of the story interesting, but just didn't feel anything towards the characters and the story seemed just okay. Altogether, I just didn't care where the story went or even what happened to Lizzie. I did read the end, and less than a week later I can't even remember what it was now. I think I will pass on Sedoti's future novels, unless a trusted book friend recommends something.

Welp, this did not work out for me, the characters were so unlikable, the theories were so odd and out of the box ridiculous. and the actions of characters were out of line.

Would I recommend this book? I think certain readers will appreciate seeing the world through Hawthorn's eyes, but I predict that others will not know what to make of "The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett". All I can say to prospective readers is stick with it past the first few chapters and you might be as surprised by this one as I was.

I had a really hard time getting into this book. In the end, I chose not finish it. The characters felt very flat, and although this was sort of a mystery I found that I didn't care about what the resolution was.

I loved the voice of the main character. Hawthorn was just witty and eccentric enough to carry the story forward when I wasn't completely invested in the plot. The themes covered many of the issues I remember facing as a teenager, and I believed that Hawthorn was in fact a high school student. I enjoyed the mystery aspect of the story, although I felt like it wasn't a main part of the plot.

When Lizzie Lovett turns up missing, everyone is upset. Even Hawthorn, who has for years, despised Lizzie. Hawthorne is obsessed with finding out what happened to Lizzie. Her methods and conclusions surprised me.
I enjoyed getting to know Hawthorn, even though she frustrated me at times (probably a parental thing on my part).

Didn’t care about the characters. The main character wasn’t that interesting and I just didn’t get sucked into the plot of the book. It had potential but it just fell flat for me. Sadly. I really wanted to like it because I heard good things about it but sadly it just wasn’t for me.