Episode: 99 – [Review] The Lie Tree

In this episode of Paperback Friends, I return to Frances Hardinge with The Lie Tree, a Victorian mystery where science, religion, reputation, and social systems collide.This is a novel about deception, but more importantly, it is about the systems that decide what society believes. Hardinge explores gender roles, class, reputation, morality, and the ways people are forced to survive within unfair structures.I also discuss why The Lie Tree feels like much more than a YA novel, how Hardinge builds complex characters who refuse to fit simple categories, and why a book does not have to be a personal favorite to be worth talking about.Type: Review | Book: The Lie Tree | Writer: Frances Hardinge