Why is Pretty Little Liars such a hit show?

Immediately when Sara Shepard came out with her first book Pretty Little Liars, this new book series was the rave, gradually intriguing more and more people every month. A few years later and about 20 more hit books to add to the series, Pretty Little Liars is still going strong.  So why is this book series and television show such a hit.

Pretty Little Liars is a teen thriller about 5 of the most popular friends is Rosewood. These girls have everything from clothes, to the biggest houses, to the most secrets. Everything is perfect until one day one of the five friends Ali is mysteriously murdered. Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hanna, think that a year later the worst is behind them but when the girls begin getting messages threatening to tell all of their pretty little secrets, they begin to wonder you this “A” is signing all the notes. Could it be Ali’s murderer, or worse, Ali herself? Every book tells a new story of how the girls end up in trouble because of the things they have done in the past, and unfortunately the secrets they are trying to conceal right now.  Is the thrilling element of the books and television shows enough to get people to watch. In some cases yes, teens like adventure and thrill, and this series brings it all. Another reason why this series could have caught the attention of so many is because the books aren’t too scary, just the right amount to get the viewers to continue watching.

 

I really liked this book series for the longest time because it had a lot of drama and a hint of mystery without being too scary. The book is written where each chapter is about one of the four girls perspectives so you really get to know each of the girls personalities, while all of the individual stories are intertwined into one main story plot. Most of the time you don’t even notice the parts switching throughout the book, because it is so well written the story just flows. However after a while the continuous drama got really boring from stretching out the story so much. I believe that there are currently over 20 books in the series so you can imagine that Sara Shepard started to run out of ideas, the dirty little secrets get dumber and dumber.

                                                           

The Pretty Little Liars television series on ABC Family, is actually really good, probably better than the books. I have to say however the television show is actually really good because it sticks mostly to what the books say and the show is so action packed. After every episode you are left wondering what is going to happen next. I liked this aspect of the show, and I think is the number one factor in making a great television series, that viewers get really addicted to watching the show because you really want to figure out what happens next. Pretty Little Liars ended their fourth season, and premiering its fifth at the beginning of June. This just shows that pretty little liars are going strong and will go strong for a very long time to come.