PositiveUSA TodayBig Little Lies...has hefty issues on its mind, among them bullying (including the adult kind), spousal abuse and consensual sex that feels a lot like rape. It's even more concerned with the smaller, noxious events of modern life, like the indignities of an ex-husband marrying someone both younger and into yoga, and the off-putting cliques helicopter moms can form … It's a fun, engaging and sometimes disturbing read, even if the characters are more conceits than flesh and blood — Jane, for instance, is a plain duckling a haircut away from being a swan. But Moriarty rounds them out enough — gives them enough pain, edge and funny lines — to be good company, and pages keep flipping as you wait to see which character will die.
