The Last Time I Lied: A Novel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

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Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 1, Interlude 1-Chapter 8

Part 1, Chapters 9-17

Part 1, Chapter 18-Interlude 13

Part 2, Chapters 27-33

Part 2, Chapter 34-Interlude 16

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

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Discussion Questions

Essay Topics

Why might Sager have chosen to make Emma a painter specifically? Consider the nature of her artwork in connection to the novel’s visual imagery.

When Emma returns to Camp Nightingale, she stays in Dogwood cabin with three new girls who remind her of her old cabinmates. How are Miranda, Sasha, and Krystal similar to Vivian, Natalie, and Allison? How are they different? What role do these parallels and contrasts play in developing the novel’s meaning?

What role does the camp setting play in establishing the novel’s atmosphere? How does Sager follow or subvert the tradition of camp ghost stories?