Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

187 reviews

imogengrahamm's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

crispyaot's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

korinnagarcia's review against another edition

1.0

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I spent most of my time hating this book. From the beginning I kept thinking how overprivileged and whiny these people were. I couldn't help but thinking "is this book called We Were Liars because people lie about how good it is?!" There's a specific part where I really considered not finishing it(TW: animal death) but I continued reading.
The twist at the end truly SHOCKED me. I wasn't expecting it AT ALL! In my opinion, the twist alone makes this book worth reading. But this book is 3 stars, at best.

*EDIT - I'm back a year later because I randomly think about this book and I have trauma from it now. I keep thinking about the dogs!! I hate this book! It's a 1 star book now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

chmpgneprblms's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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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everyone talks about this book and the twist and how good the twist is. honestly, up until the twist, i really did not like this book, so i thought the twist must be overhyped. it was a great twist, completely unexpected.
that said, i didn’t love the writing and i found it confusing. i hated how the author reminded the reader at every second how the sinclairs are white, rich and perfect. 
the characters are not at all likable. i hate candace. and her family. fuck them all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing

tsfolklore's review against another edition

3.25

hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

nicoleanaisx's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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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Found it hard to empathise and relate to any of the characters. It was only in the last part that the story came together and I could piece things together, which is why it upped a star, but I usually like being captivated all the way through and this didn’t do it for me. Glad I read it though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, Grief

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Dementia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

helen___'s review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

becca_w_'s review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Toxic relationship

angrybookworm's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was incredible. I read the entire thing in one sitting just about. Initially I read it because I was told it was a retelling of King Lear - it’s not but it has those allusions and it’s an easy comparison to make. This is possibly the best plot twist I’ve ever read because it was so delicately planned out and entwined in the story. I loved that this book was told in present tense because we really take this journey with Cady and that makes the end so much crazier than expected. Absolutely think everyone should read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Death, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

abby_griesmar's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Racism, Dementia, Classism