Helicopter parenting has become sort of second nature in today’s extremely competitive world. Parents thrive on their child's achievements, wither when the child falls short of glory. They go to extreme lengths to provide their younglings the extra edge needed to shine. It does not matter if the kids in question are kindergartners or board exam aspirants.
In this absurd world of over involved parents and impressionable kids, Liane Moriarty finds the ground for her book. It is a Trivia Night gone wrong with extremely tragic consequences. People involved trace back the events, from as early as beginning of the school term and a very convoluted picture of what went on and its triggers emerges. Nothing is as it seems on the surface. People have been hiding terrible secrets and it is a matter of time before they explode and destroy a lot more than just school property.
Parents are a strange breed and characters from Big Little Lies are no exception. Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Bonnie and Renata are caricatures of modern parents. Caring to the point of over involvement, passionate, flawed but protective of their cubs like fierce lionesses es. It is with these women, and their families does Moriarty sketch her masterpiece. She deals with a lot of issues in one rather lengthy book. There is domestic violence, handling of difficult teenagers, dynamics of divorced couples and not once, owing to multitude of themes, does the story falter.
If this is your first Liane Moriarty book, you are in for a crazy ride. Just keep in mind her plots can seamlessly transition from funny to thrilling to tragic with the flick of a page. Not that anyone complains but it is always better to go in knowing that piece of information.
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