Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

42 reviews

the_escapist's review against another edition

2.75

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

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

margesyarf's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment

marisa_n's review against another edition

2.5

dark reflective relaxing 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

hellhaveubeenloca's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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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THIS BOOK IS NOT MIDDLE GRADE!!! It is maybe 13 and but I would say 14 is youngest. It is HEAVY and deep. It will leave you numb, it throws you through loops, and it is NOT lighthearted. Yet,  this is still a pretty amazing book, but you have been warned.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria

Minor: Racism, Rape, Abandonment

minamina's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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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*nervously laughed* what an ending. I couldn’t really count what TWs I should add, because a slow, misleading start, leads to an heartbreaking (and maybe a little predictable) and twisty end. 
As a reader you directly focus on Cadence thoughts, being torn apart, which makes the writing style at first a little distracting/bricky, but is totally understandable—because that’s how Cadence injured mind works. 
We follow her through every emotion, and even in this fast paced novel, it was perfectly enough to cope with—until the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

milliiegrace's review against another edition

3.5

challenging 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury

thesawyerbean's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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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Damn, what a story. A very intoxicating tale, filled with intrigue and deceit with an explosive climax. 
I however did not like the writing style very much - it was disjointed which made reading it feel quite awkward.
Otherwise, a must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury

lucys_library's review against another edition

2.0

mysterious sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

emmichen's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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i liked the writing of the book because it was very poetic at first, but after a while it got kind of confusing and i forgot what happened when i stopped reading. my biggest problem with this book was that the characters weren’t likeable to me, because i didn’t really get to know know them. the author described their personalities a lot, but failed to truly show them through their actions. also, i didn’t really like the main character.. i thought it was really interesting how she gave away all her stuff, but lockhart didn’t get into depth enough of why she was doing it (a little, but not enough). the aunts were always fighting, but there was no internal conflict, no explanation of their feelings. it was all out of cady’s perspective and she failed to understand anyone else’s emotions but her own. 
due to all of this, the ending was not really meaningful. it was obviously shocking and sad, but it seemed very shallow because of the way i perceived the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

Minor: Drug use

haleyscomet_'s review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria