This book is so hard to describe. Reading it is like watching a flower slowly open. At first the colors are perfect and bright. Then as it opens further, you notice some of the petals are a little faded and some have some dark diseased parts. The question becomes whether or not the diseased parts will kill the entire flower.
Big Little Lies slowly opens and reveals parts at a time. There are secrets and lies, both little and large. Each of these are revealed a little at a time until the reader is confident in knowing the deceptions each character harbors, until the final explosive secret is revealed.