Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

203 reviews

inkysplodge's review against another edition

4.75

challenging mysterious reflective 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: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Racism, Sexual content

crieraylas's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Blood

stripy_gloves's review against another edition

1.0

dark emotional 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: Yes

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Really short chapter 87 for only a  225 page book. It was badly written but had a good plot twist at the end 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Dysphoria

rogina's review against another edition

4.0

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Alcohol

breeisreading_'s review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Wow what the heck I’m still reeling from this and I am crying!! 

Very teeny, very YA, but so so quick and easy to read and addicting, I couldn’t put this down. I Needed to find out what happened, and the reveal was so perfectly done and I didn’t see it coming at all, it absolutely broke me! 

I loved the writing style, it was simple but worked so well for the story being told, and Cadence’s personality was so clear in the way it was written, and made the reveals we got so much better.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

theresacordova's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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: Complicated

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This book was AMAZING. The author really showed the growth of and between characters.

The plot twist was written FLAWLESSLY.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol

jordan_noel's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Self harm, Blood

misty_nightmare's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Classism

kiran__'s review against another edition

2.5

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

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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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racism

Minor: Self harm

aidareads's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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: Complicated

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i read this in two sittings and felt like i was on crack the whole time. i kinda guessed the plot twist, but just because i knew there was one. still, i liked how the author makes use of an unreliable narrator. a solid 4 stars!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Alcohol