I was ANNOYED when I found out this was happening, but knew that I'd end up reading it. While it wasn't as bad as I had been expecting it to be, I still don't think it was necessary. I felt like it reflected a lot of things that we had already seen be done in WE WERE LIARS. The only layer I feel like this book added to the ~wewereliars-verse~ is a little bit more understanding for the family and how they function. Outside of that, I didn't feel like this book did anything else to stand out for me.