Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

685 reviews

autumngarden's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness

Minor: Racism

cynthia_nobear's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Murder

Minor: Abandonment

fanboyriot's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Eighty-seven chapters of whining and complaining about parents kissing ass for their trust funds.  And why not have the dogs die in a fire the main character set… riveting stuff.

Read For

✓ House Fire

✓ Head Injury

✓ Toxic Family

✓ Summer House

✓ Racist Grandpa 

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Spice Level: n/a

Sad Level: 💧

Plot: 2/10

Pace: 2/10

Ending: 1/10

Characters: 1/10

Enjoyability: 1/10

Writing Style: 3/10

Would I Recommend? No

Favorite Character: none of them.

Favorite Quote: ❝Do not accept an evil you can change.❞

POV: First Person

Pages: 242

Format: Audiobook 

Language: English

Release Date: 13, May 2014

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

vxc's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It’s one of the best emotional thrillers that I have read, themes of grief and family are the main focus of this book. It is a must-read for every human being out there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

dakotajade's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

brambleberry_png's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I'm a bit conflicted on how to rate this one, because I liked the characters (the liars at least) but I guess I would have prefered a little bit of an open ending? I had a hunch after a while but was still surprised toward the end. 
Not the biggest fan of the whole amnesia trope sometimes, however I get that trauma and or head injuries can severely impact you,make you misremember or blend out certain things. 

positive:
-the whole family dynamic was really interesting
- ig some of the issues Gat was experiencing among a very white family was pretty relatable. Good for discussions about racism and classicism
-subtle hints but not too many to make it annoying
- the names of the dogs 
- Cady's personality really shines through the narrative
-non-linear plot but not too confusing 

negative:
-please find something more creative of a comparision than strong coffee. pleeeease. After the third time it really made me cringe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use

Moderate: Animal death

catchinthrills's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Racism, Alcohol

puddleshoes's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Dementia

annie_brewer's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Racism, Dementia, Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

dontthink2x's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I don't know if it is because I am already depressed, but I had a really hard time connecting with this book, and I found the ending to be really really depressing.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury