This past quarter, perhaps my favorite book that I read was We Were Liars, a fictional work by Emily Jenkins.  This book is also a sort of mystery novel, considering much of the plot centers on protagonist Cady and her goal of finding how she lost her memory amidst the summer of her fifteenth year.  Essentially, Cady is part of a considerably wealthy family, which has it's own island among various other estates.  Her family and her cousins/friends--the "Liars"--vacation on this island in the summer time, and such was the place she lost her memory. Following the incident, it seems both her mother and her doctors are hiding from her the causes of her memory loss.  Having fallen ill as an effect of her illness, she is only allowed to return to the island during her seventeenth year, though only for four weeks.  It is during this period she vehemently tries to reveal the causes of her memory loss, looking to the Liars for assistance.  Yet they too seem to hide from her the events that led up to her accident.  Nonetheless, she slowly begins to piece together a sort of timeline regarding the subject.  To say the least, the ending is definitely something you wouldn't expect, but while I enjoyed this novel, I will say the ending felt kind of rushed.

Do I think this book would continue to be read in one hundred years?  Perhaps.  The issues highlighted in this book are something I without a doubt believe will still be relevant in the distant future.  Greed and materialism are two of such issues heavily noted.  Fighting among Cady's mother and aunts over the matter of inheritance are eventually revealed to have played a massive role in the causes of Cady's incident.  In one particular scene, Cady recalls how her aunts screamed at one another over the fact one might inherit more than the other.  The aunts even force their children to lie to their grandfather, knowing his favor of a grandchild would guarantee their personal gain.  Indeed, greed divides them.  It drives the Liars to take risks.  This family's materialistic outlook without fail hurts each and every person on the island.  I've seen this how such has negatively impacted the world, both in the past and present.  Greed will always be relevant, because, sadly, greed is human.  Aside from the appeal this novel gains from its continual relevancy, I also find the plot to be rather gripping at times.  I don't find that it conveys much of a clear lesson, though.  Either way, the fact you get to see how Cady's mystery unfolds is quite entertaining, and I do enjoy the author's poetic writing style. Overall, I do recommend you read this book if you like reading mystery novels and want to be surprised by the story's outcomes.