Blog Post 8
The Lying Games
This week I started to read The Lying Games again, now I'm almost finished with the book. A refresher, for those who hadn't read my last post about this book- this book is about these identical twins that were separated while they were babies, and they just now found each other right before their 18th birthday. Emma got the short end of the stick when it came to their separation, she moved from foster house to foster house and always seemed to get blamed for everything and get in trouble a lot, even though she is a good, respectful, responsibly girl. Sutton got adopted right away and she lives in a large house in a great town and has a lot of friends and people that care for her, even though she is a trouble maker that is rude and inconsiderate. Sutton had lived the life Emma has always dreamed about. Sutton had gotten herself into a bit of trouble and a video of what happened was posted online, just so happens that Emma's foster brother found that video and that's how Emma found out about her sister. They agreed to meet up, although right before they met up something bad happened to Sutton... she was murdered.
Now, I know what you're thinking, none of what I said up there fits the title, right? Well here's the thing, Emma had already set out to meet Sutton before she knew Sutton had died, and now Emma has to pretend that she's Sutton or she'll die. The killer of Sutton has been watching everything Emma is doing. Emma found out that her sister was dead before she had even met her, and now it's her job to take her sister's place- Emma finally gets to live with a real family, in a good stable place- it's everything she's ever wanted. There's only one catch, Emma can't be Emma, she has to be Sutton and do everything that Sutton would do. Everything. Emma the good, respectful, responsibly girl has to pretend to be her evil twin sister, that is the complete opposite of her. You tell me how she's going to pull that off without getting caught. Not only does Emma pretending to be Sutton fit in how she's playing a game with the killer by lying to everyone, but there was something twisted that Sutton and her friends love to do, they love to pull pranks on people for their "Lying game" and Sutton keeps a "Lying Game" box with everything they've done written down, inside of it. They all go out and pull serious pranks on each other and anyone that messes with them, serious as in, they-could-go-to-jail-for-some-of-the-stuff-they-do serious. Along with all of this there are rules to follow, "1. Don't tell ANYONE. Telling will be punishable by expulsion! 2. Only three people allowed in the club at one time. (But someone had crossed out three and written four above it.) 3. Every new prank must be better than the last. Those who outdo another earn a special badge! 4. If we're really in trouble. if it's not a prank, we will say the sacred code words: 'Cross my heart, hope to die." This means 9-1-1!" (page 201).
Read The Lying Game by Sara Shepard to find out what happened to Sutton, what's going on with Emma and to find out the lying game pranks they pull.
Now, I know what you're thinking, none of what I said up there fits the title, right? Well here's the thing, Emma had already set out to meet Sutton before she knew Sutton had died, and now Emma has to pretend that she's Sutton or she'll die. The killer of Sutton has been watching everything Emma is doing. Emma found out that her sister was dead before she had even met her, and now it's her job to take her sister's place- Emma finally gets to live with a real family, in a good stable place- it's everything she's ever wanted. There's only one catch, Emma can't be Emma, she has to be Sutton and do everything that Sutton would do. Everything. Emma the good, respectful, responsibly girl has to pretend to be her evil twin sister, that is the complete opposite of her. You tell me how she's going to pull that off without getting caught. Not only does Emma pretending to be Sutton fit in how she's playing a game with the killer by lying to everyone, but there was something twisted that Sutton and her friends love to do, they love to pull pranks on people for their "Lying game" and Sutton keeps a "Lying Game" box with everything they've done written down, inside of it. They all go out and pull serious pranks on each other and anyone that messes with them, serious as in, they-could-go-to-jail-for-some-of-the-stuff-they-do serious. Along with all of this there are rules to follow, "1. Don't tell ANYONE. Telling will be punishable by expulsion! 2. Only three people allowed in the club at one time. (But someone had crossed out three and written four above it.) 3. Every new prank must be better than the last. Those who outdo another earn a special badge! 4. If we're really in trouble. if it's not a prank, we will say the sacred code words: 'Cross my heart, hope to die." This means 9-1-1!" (page 201).
Read The Lying Game by Sara Shepard to find out what happened to Sutton, what's going on with Emma and to find out the lying game pranks they pull.
