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eilishannah's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-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
4.0
amwhtr's review against another edition
5.0
It is so incredibly frustrating to have a book that you want to scream from the rooftops about, and yet know that it's magic lies in the fact that you go into it without a single spoiler. I will try my hardest to rant and rave about We Were Liars without spoiling a single sentence. Because, if I do, you will hate me for it.
I'll begin by saying I LOVED this book. Not "yeah, it was awesome," not "book of the year material" but complete, unadulterated, forever unrequited love. This book had me in tears; it picked me up, shook me around violently and threw me back to earth. I cannot stress enough that this book is phenomenal.
Do you want to know how much I love We Were Liars? After receiving an ARC in eBook format, I then went and bought it in paperback just so that I could hold it as I read it again. It is beautiful. It demands repeat readings.
The plot is something I just cannot talk about. You must go into We Were Liars blind and ignorant. Yes, the ending isn't groundbreaking, and the writing style isn't to everyone's preferences, but a single spoiler will ruin the entire experience for you and you just can't take that gamble with this one.
The writing is so poetic, so beautiful and had me hooked. Short, sharp chapters were interspersed with fucked-up fairytales (the only way I can think of describing them) that will have you dizzy with anticipation. But if there's one thing I loved more than the writing, it was the Liars themselves. So completely wrapped up in lives of privilege, greed, confusion, cryptic pasts and iron-clad futures. Masters of manipulation, experts in deceit. Intricately woven tales of old-money and the deep rooted corruption that so often comes with it. I wanted to simultaneously hug and strangle them all.
Honestly, nothing any review says does We Were Liars justice. Read it, hug it, throw it across the room in frustration. Just don't you dare spoil it for anyone.
I'll begin by saying I LOVED this book. Not "yeah, it was awesome," not "book of the year material" but complete, unadulterated, forever unrequited love. This book had me in tears; it picked me up, shook me around violently and threw me back to earth. I cannot stress enough that this book is phenomenal.
Do you want to know how much I love We Were Liars? After receiving an ARC in eBook format, I then went and bought it in paperback just so that I could hold it as I read it again. It is beautiful. It demands repeat readings.
The plot is something I just cannot talk about. You must go into We Were Liars blind and ignorant. Yes, the ending isn't groundbreaking, and the writing style isn't to everyone's preferences, but a single spoiler will ruin the entire experience for you and you just can't take that gamble with this one.
The writing is so poetic, so beautiful and had me hooked. Short, sharp chapters were interspersed with fucked-up fairytales (the only way I can think of describing them) that will have you dizzy with anticipation. But if there's one thing I loved more than the writing, it was the Liars themselves. So completely wrapped up in lives of privilege, greed, confusion, cryptic pasts and iron-clad futures. Masters of manipulation, experts in deceit. Intricately woven tales of old-money and the deep rooted corruption that so often comes with it. I wanted to simultaneously hug and strangle them all.
Honestly, nothing any review says does We Were Liars justice. Read it, hug it, throw it across the room in frustration. Just don't you dare spoil it for anyone.
izzyyy_'s review against another edition
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
mollyprox's review against another edition
5.0
The ending broke me. Should come with a warning. But so good. The ending twist is beautifully constructed you know there’s something you don’t know and there’s clues the whole way along but my soul still left my body finding it out.
lucygwrites's review against another edition
4.0
I had a really hard time getting into this book but that ending! OH MY GOD!
wileay's review against another edition
5.0
Even though I knew where it was going it was still enjoyable. The writing stile was incredible creating a tense atmosphere dropping hints so when the twist is revealed you could go back and see it all... to me it was such a great book
jeanm's review against another edition
4.0
Not that good but ye. The plot twist is very expected kay na spoil ko whoo
toldbygod's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
brisk28's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars just for that ending....It would have been only 3 stars, but the fact that she had a mental breakdown because she remembered she killed the dogs before her cousins earned an extra .5 star.Let me repeat, I did not expect that ending.
sheze77's review against another edition
4.0
Wow.....this was an amazing book.
I went into this book not knowing anything about it and that's exactly how you should go into it also.
WARNING this book will make you emotional!!!
The ending of this book was perfect and even though I was trying to figure out the ending it was definitely not what I expected.
Now the reason for 4 stars. I did not like the writing style I was reading the physical book and I was getting annoyed. I listening to this as an audiobook and it was great. Secondly, the title did not make sense to me. I will not say more because of spoilers.
I went into this book not knowing anything about it and that's exactly how you should go into it also.
WARNING this book will make you emotional!!!
The ending of this book was perfect and even though I was trying to figure out the ending it was definitely not what I expected.
Now the reason for 4 stars. I did not like the writing style I was reading the physical book and I was getting annoyed. I listening to this as an audiobook and it was great. Secondly, the title did not make sense to me. I will not say more because of spoilers.