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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

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jordan_noel's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I thought the plot twist in this book was good, and there were a lot of interesting points to think about (e.g., Cast’s grief process and her understand of her own grief, the way the teens think about the Sinclair family wealth, and the family dynamics).

However, I didn’t feel that I really knew the characters. I knew what Cady felt, but I didn’t know any of their interests and true motivations beyond their love for each other. This made it difficult for me to be engaged in the book.

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leah08855's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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fcksnotfound's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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warlockdorian's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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kiran__'s review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious relaxing sad 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

2.5

I expected the book to be pretty bad but it did exceed my expectations. It's not my usual genre, but for what it is I think it's okay. The ending was quite interesting but sad. I like the use of a cyclical structure with its double meaning, as well as the range of metaphors and language techniques. However, I find the characters and the storyline to be a bit one dimensional and it wasn't the most exciting books.

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cristine's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Just no! The writing in this novel is terrible. Up until 80% of the book nothing meaningful happens. The author’s horrendous use of metaphors to describe migraines is beyond ridiculously annoying and drawn out. The “plot twist” was pretty obvious once the forgotten event is revealed. Summary- obnoxious rich teens are bored and do something beyond stupid. Once suffers migraines and amnesia and spends her 17th summer suddenly remembering things. Bla bla bla - she’s a horrible person as are all of the adults and ps spoiler alert - the dogs die so don’t read this if it pisses you off as much as it does me when authors need to make this part of a novel. Like just stick to people if you must. My eyes are bleeding from reading this - kinda like the unnecessary, exaggerations of how many times Cady was “bleeding”.

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