Reviews tagging 'Grief'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

386 reviews

swiftie4evermore's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I got only halfway through the book and it is not appropriate for ages under 14. I heard that the farther you go the more inappropriate it gets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Cursing, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Vomit, Addiction, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Racism, and Sexual content

mishshell's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

flx_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

It was a good book overall and i would recommend it.
I read while i was kind of in a reading slump so this maybe isn’t the best review but…..
Great book. Writing style was okay.
I found it a nice book but sometimes it did was a lil bit boring like when she was all over gat and things like that they did have nice and entertaining moments togheter they definitely did but it was a little boring to read 3 pages long only abt him and at first it also was very hard to remember all the carachters wich also doesn’t get that better trough the book.
At the ending i was just quiet for an hour straight
This may seem like a bad review but 
review but i would still reccomend it 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Racism and Grief

lauraevelyn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death, Dementia, and Alcohol

irisvdn's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The first half of the book I had no clue what was going on or what the plot was. But around halfway I got it and I couldn't put it down. The ending was unexpected, not sure if I liked it but it was good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Child death, Animal death, Alcoholism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

chezler24's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

After reading some reviews, I understand why some people would not like this, but I had a great time reading it so a 4 it is. The best way to tackle this book is to go in completely blind and let the story unfold for you. The writing style in some places might annoy some readers; however, I enjoyed certain sections' descriptive language and jarring style changes. It might feel a bit overdramatic, but the main character is a teenage girl who comes from an affluent, appearance-based background and had something traumatic happen in her past. To me, the language fits Cadence. When I first started, I thought this was going to be a book rehashing overdone notes of materiality, classicism, status, appearances, and family secrets with a stereotypical WASP-y cast, but, as the story unfolded, it took these aspects and layered some cryptic elements ensconced by Cadence's memory loss and the family's attempts at maintaining their air of normalcy. The twist definitely got me when it revealed itself fully.  I am certainly going to reread this at some point based on how the ending panned out to see if I can experience certain interactions in a new light. (I was hoping for two characters to overcome external issues and maybe change the family for the better, but alas.) 

For this particular copy of the book, the author included some bonus content (Gat's poems and notes to Cadence, an original map and family tree, the process of writing this book, and a book club menu and reading guide) which helped expand some aspects of the book and allowed the readers to see kind of what the author wanted to do with this particular storyline.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Animal death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

kayleejanes's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

joanachsf's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, Death, Animal death, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Classism, Grief, Medical trauma, Blood, and Child death

rach22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

That was very shocking. I did not expect the ending and am rather gobsmacked and left in state of stress.

The first part was a bit slow at times but I’m glad I read it and I think it would be really interesting to go back and spot all the clues. Some of the writing is kind of open to interpretation of what it means - very metaphorical. Scarring read. At points quite hard to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Grief

maeveh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Such a beautiful and thrilling book, I was up at 6 in the morning crying whilst reading this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Grief and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol