Writing style

What did you think of the writing? We had the first-person, unreliable narrator; literary references and fairy tale interludes; dramatic metaphor; sentences like: "Johnny, he is bounce, effort, and snark. Mirren, she is sugar, curiosity, and rain." Clever, or too much?

The twist

Did you see it coming? Did you like the ghost element, or find it annoying? Did it work with the rest of the story?

We Were Liars

What did you think? Enjoyable, cheesy? CL, you're the expert on YA literature -- how do you think "We Were Liars" holds up in the genre?