Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

685 reviews

hannah_39's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

carolineanne's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It can be difficult towards the end of the book to tell if you’re in a flashback when listening to the audiobook. There is no verbal cue. But it kept me guessing! It loses points for

killing the dogs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury

ashleys_endless_tbrlist's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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First off, what a quick read 👏 LOVED the short chapters and how it was structured into different parts. 

I really enjoyed this style of writing and how the story unfolded. It was very mysterious and unexpectedly heartbreaking. That twist 🤯😭 bring your tissues. 

Looking forward to reading the prequel and watching the tv adaptation. Highly recommend you add this to your tbr. 🫶

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

rich_reading's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Going with my gut on this 5 star. I may change my mind later but this was crazy. I truly did not see the plot twist coming but after I read it, so many little comments or details made sense and that is the way to win my heart. I also think I may have hated this book (in a good way). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Dementia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

elmie1998's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore

Moderate: Animal death

npoling616's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

sangsmiles's review against another edition

3.5

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was okay! Quick summer read, like a palate cleanser after a lot of intense books. I hadn't realised how creepy it would be, but sometimes psychologically disturbing summer is also a vibe.

Writing was okay (so prosey it could get annoying at times), but I think the characters were quite flat, so it was hard to care about them. Possibly I am also very uninterested in the problems of rich white people who have a private island with servants (??). Truly did not expect the plot twist though, and after that I appreciated it more.

Did feel very sorry for them in the end, and cried a bit.

I suspect this is the kind of thing I would have eaten up when I was fifteen, but thankfully I am no longer fifteen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Toxic relationship

mega_randomer's review against another edition

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

nikimorr's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief

layreadthat's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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BRO THE ENDING WAS CRAZY. The writing had me wanting to dnf so bad. 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Grief

Minor: Animal death