We Were Liars – A show that will wreck you, in a good and bad way

Behind the wealthy and privileged perceptions of families lies, deep traumas, dark truths, and unresolved conflicts. We Were Liars is a psychological thriller television series released on Amazon Prime on the 18^th of June 2025, produced by Julia Plec and Carina Adly Mackenzie. The series was a replication of the book “We Were Liars,” which was released in 2024 written by E. Lockheart. The series follows Candice Sinclair as she embarks on a journey to uncover the truth behind her accident in the Summer of 2015. The accident caused her to gain complete memory loss of that whole night, leaving her questioning. The narration being distorted and falsified made the audience question what was real and what was not. It’s been made in an incredible way, which got everyone around the world watching it and spreading it across social media. The movie is currently rated 6.7 stars out of 10, based on 14 thousand reviews (IMDb, 2025). With the shows crazy plot twist, incredible character development, I found We were Liars to be a captivating teen television series that will completely wreck you, but in a good and bad way.

The Set Up

The Series is based on a huge, privileged family that goes to their summer family home located on an island. The family is known in town as being rich and well known. The family is huge. In her review of the series, Valerie Morreale states, “it’s a bit of a challenge at first to remember who is related to whom” (Morreale, 2025). And she’s right, for me, it took at least a whole two episodes to figure it out!  Long story short, there are 3 main sisters under the Sinclair name who each have kids of their own. The main 3 kids are Candice, Jonny, and Mirren, and alongside them was family friend Gat. The series is set on an island called Beechwood. It was set in summer; however, to some, it seemed that the island at the start didn’t replicate a magical place or a typical summer. Was this just foreshadowing the events that were going to occur? Hinting to us that this isn’t going to be a regular summer?

Candice Wrecked Me

The character development of Candice Sinclair was shown throughout the whole show. Being the narrator, we watched the show in her shoes, we heard her thoughts and followed her storyline. Candice started off being portrayed as someone who was lucky to live in a family, which on the outside seemed to perfect. Her life was full of love, and friendships which hid the underlying conflicts going on within her “perfect” family. Candice was in an accident that completely wipes the memory of that day, leaving her questioning what had happened that night and for the year after, during the coma. From her perspective, as an audience we constantly felt for her. Watching her piece together the heartbreaking tragedy made us emotionally connect with her on a different level. For a lot of her audience being young adults and teenagers, we felt we were like her and could relate in some sort of way. Her emotional growth across the journey led to her to be able to deal with the consequences and move on in her life and to do she left the family. Seeing how much she developed from her innocent self to someone who pushed through struggles to come out even stronger was compelling and heartbreaking, know all the trauma she would need to move past. The side inclusion of Gat and Candince’s romance was a good addition to bring more emotion to the audience, as everyone loves a good love story, especially first loves.

Did the plot twist wreck me in a good or bad way?

Not only was her development heartbreaking, but the whole plot twist in general also took an emotional hit. At first, I was so confused but realising that she was hallucinating them being around absolutely killed me and everyone else. You watch multiple episodes of seeing them guide her to find out the truth, but then suddenly you find out they didn’t survive! I’m still unsure whether the twist was incredible or if it annoyed me. One thing that did get on my nerves was the change of sceneries from before the accident and after. It made the plot confusing. Are we back in Summer 2015, 2016, 2017, or 2018? I was not sure. A factor in the twist I questioned was the stupidity of the group when lighting the house on fire. Why did they light the fire from the bottom floors, knowing the others were above them lighting from above? Did it not occur to them that they wouldn’t be able to get out? This must be a fault, right? It just seemed too unrealistic for it to be done like that, which ruined the plot in a way.

Overall, the series took me through a rollercoaster of emotions. I felt emphatic and heartbroken but also felt annoyed and confused with their layout. Would I recommend? I think it’s a show worth watching, even with its faults; it really was an emotional roller-coaster worth riding.