Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

110 reviews

kalyaniwarrier's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Acceptance of grief is a gift not many can accept, much less survive, in the tragedy of the matter. The same can be observed in the case of Cadence Sinclair Eastman, the protagonist of the novel, who cherishes her summers with her cousins, away from problems and the angst of teenage life, to enjoy love, memory and family. Except, a tragedy occurs that spoils her memory and leaves her questioning of her existence.

We Were Liars focuses on the relationship dynamic between family and oneself, and the acceptance of illusion aligned with grief. A novel with underlying mysteriousness and a void to question the validity of the storyline, e. lockhart portrays life's dilemma's with conviction and doubt at the same time. 

For the ones who find life's chaos entertaining, but confusing to tangle out of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcoholism and Fire/Fire injury

no_knees's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

The plot twist is actually insane, kept me on my toes the entire time I was reading, one of my favorite books of all time! Had me all emotional towards the end, but I read it in one sitting and couldn’t put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

ame_why's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Animal death, Child death, and Classism

marianaribeiro's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Mental illness and Chronic illness

amberjackonski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Child death, Death, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Animal death

Minor: Dementia

shaleen64's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

Without the final chapter I would rate this book a 2 star. However, the ending delivers an unexpected plot twist and does tie the rest of the plot line together well. However, there are many smaller tropes throughout the book that are underdeveloped and important issues brushed over. It’s not a book I would recommend but at least it’s only short!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism, Animal death, and Child death

Minor: Dementia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

reemoony's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

the main premise of this book is that the ending is supposed to be this huge, unexpected thing. i went into this thinking that no plot twist could ever catch me off guard. this one did. as i was reading and learning little things, i kept thinking. is this it? is this the huge twist ive been waiting for? if so, shitty book. but it hits you in the face, and i love this book so much for that. genuinely, if anyone asks you how it ends, just lie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Grief, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Addiction

crieraylas's review against another edition

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Grief, Racism, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Minor: Misogyny, Blood, Infidelity, and Rape

filuipa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Chronic illness, and Fire/Fire injury

rene_reads02's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Plot twist of the century. I really didn’t see it coming a hundred miles away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Child death, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Racism