Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Nous les menteurs by E. Lockhart

76 reviews

the_escapist's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Dementia, Classism, Animal death, and Alcohol

memoireppleine's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book had me crying in public. I got so attached to the characters that finishing it destroyed me. 
I related to Cady and her problems, I related to the situation and the moments, I knew what was gonna happen but my critical mind didn't wanna believe it. Carpe diem istg, it's all there. 
(if you wanna cry more after reading listen to "youth" - Daughter

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Racism, Animal death, Classism, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book subverted my expectations. It's written kind of weirdly but I liked it. I ended up getting sucked into the mystery of it all pretty quickly. I guessed the ending fairly early on but it would be pretty shocking if you weren't expecting it. This book is best read not knowing much about it.

Things I Liked:

• I love how the characters and story are revealed slowly to allow tension and mystery to build!
• I love how hints to the ending are scattered throughout the story.
• I loved the setting. I wanted more. I could have read about every summer on the island and would have loved it.

Things I Didn't Like:

• The whole amnesia aspect felt like a weird plot device. I didn't hate it because it definitely let the tension build but I'm not sure it really makes a lot of sense.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, and Classism

am1chen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I know everyone on Tik Tok loves this book, but I thought it was just okay. While the ending was a great twist, I had a hard time connecting to the characters as they weren’t as relatable to me as they might have been to others. I can see why a lot of people love this book, but I just don’t think it was for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Classism, and Death

injiofthebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, and Animal death

ellelockley's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

It follows the character of Cadence Sinclair Eastman and how her family has affected her as a person. It's very hard to explain in simple terms what this book is about without spoiling anything because it's kind of all over the place. The characters aren't loveable and I don't really connect with any of them, to me Cady was just a girl who didn't understand her privilege and whilst I get that just because you have money doesn't mean you have a good life, I still don't think that's an excuse for the way she acts in this book. I thought Gat was quite an interesting character but there wasn't much too him and I think that could have been explored a bit more. I sort of guessed the ending in the middle of the book which kind of made it a bit boring to read towards the end. I did quite like the style that the book was written in, as it was fast-paced for me but I could still understand what was happening. There is character development to an extent, as the reasons why characters are the way they are, are sort of explained towards the end. I don't think I'd recommend this book to anyone but if you've got it on your TBR list then I think you should give it a go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical trauma, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death of parent, Classism, and Racism

It talks about physical pain as a metaphor for mental pain which can be quite graffic and triggering

kajasversion's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

The whole book is very mysterious and challenging. The whole time, it got me questioning who did what and what the hell happened. So many people i suspected but not one of my guesses was even close to what actually happened. It’s not a very easy read since it’s not really relaxing. I’d say the romance was quite a big part of the book and it is a very fast read. It only took me a day. Tho i must say i was bothered by the way the characters talked and communicated since it often felt like those were 10 year old children rather than grown adults. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, and Racism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

singlespeedahead's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Classism and Racism

mazycelia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

A good recommendation from booktok. The plot twist was decent and emotional. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Child death, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Dementia, and Emotional abuse

rosage's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

actually… what the fuck did i just read?! i’ve never had a book leave me so speechless. i’ve had this book for MONTHS and never read it and now i regret not having read it sooner! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racism, and Violence