I recently finished the sixth book of the Pretty Little Liars series, The Killers by Sara Shepard. The series takes place in a rich area in Pennsylvania called Rosewood, and the main characters are Spencer, Hanna, Emily and Aria. They all used to be best friends with Alison DiLaurentis, the most popular girl in the grade and someone everyone wants to be. The five best friends told each other many of their secrets, and they got very close. However, when they are having a sleepover at the end of 7th grade, Ali and Spencer get into a big fight that no one really knows about, and Ali mysteriously disappears. At first, everyone thinks that she ditched them for someone cooler like her high school friends, but she never comes back. Three years later, the four girls get threatening text messages and emails from an anonymous person, “A” about some of their present secrets and things from the past that only Ali knew about. They all think Ali is the one who is sending the texts and that she might still be alive. But sadly, that is not the case. She was found buried in her backyard, and she was unfortunately murdered. Now the cops are asking the four girls, who broke apart after Ali was gone, about the night she disappeared, and things are getting crazy. The mysterious “A” humiliates them and ruins everyone’s life.
In this sixth book of the series, there are still dilemmas going on that the four girls are facing. After who “A” is revealed and dies when she falls off of a cliff in the previous book, they are still getting messages from the new “A”, and this person is watching their every move just like the old “A”. Also, the four girls see something very shocking and horrifying in the woods that make them think more about Ali’s murder and what’s really going on. At the end, the most unbelievable event happens as well and makes the readers have so many questions in their heads.
I find this book (and the series) very unique because the author keeps on foreshadowing throughout the story, but she doesn’t reveal the whole truth, and it seems like she won’t until the series is over.
The literary devices that the author puts are what make the book better and addicting. She used mood and foreshadowing to make the readers get a creepy, scary feeling and make them wonder what’s going on. She used mood when the four girls find something very terrifying and then the next day, it’s gone. She also foreshadowed when the four girls call Wilden, the police because of what they find in the woods that's in Spencer’s backyard. He says he is going to call his crew and leaves the spot, but he heads towards the opposite direction of the house, which is very suspicious. Also, the investigation doesn’t start until the morning when Wilden said he’ll start last night. These clues make the readers think and start suspecting who did it.
I would recommend the Pretty Little Liars series especially to the girls because the whole thing is very mysterious, and the author weaves in many hints, but she doesn’t tell the truth even when the book is finished; she usually leaves you off with a cliff hanger. You’d have to find out more in the next book and then the next, and you’d want to read more and more until the series is over. This book (and the series) has many twists and big events that you’d never think of, and once you start reading, you can never stop.
In this sixth book of the series, there are still dilemmas going on that the four girls are facing. After who “A” is revealed and dies when she falls off of a cliff in the previous book, they are still getting messages from the new “A”, and this person is watching their every move just like the old “A”. Also, the four girls see something very shocking and horrifying in the woods that make them think more about Ali’s murder and what’s really going on. At the end, the most unbelievable event happens as well and makes the readers have so many questions in their heads.
I find this book (and the series) very unique because the author keeps on foreshadowing throughout the story, but she doesn’t reveal the whole truth, and it seems like she won’t until the series is over.
The literary devices that the author puts are what make the book better and addicting. She used mood and foreshadowing to make the readers get a creepy, scary feeling and make them wonder what’s going on. She used mood when the four girls find something very terrifying and then the next day, it’s gone. She also foreshadowed when the four girls call Wilden, the police because of what they find in the woods that's in Spencer’s backyard. He says he is going to call his crew and leaves the spot, but he heads towards the opposite direction of the house, which is very suspicious. Also, the investigation doesn’t start until the morning when Wilden said he’ll start last night. These clues make the readers think and start suspecting who did it.
I would recommend the Pretty Little Liars series especially to the girls because the whole thing is very mysterious, and the author weaves in many hints, but she doesn’t tell the truth even when the book is finished; she usually leaves you off with a cliff hanger. You’d have to find out more in the next book and then the next, and you’d want to read more and more until the series is over. This book (and the series) has many twists and big events that you’d never think of, and once you start reading, you can never stop.
The Pretty Little Liars series is also a tv show. Here is a link to the trailer of the show if you are interested:
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