Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

184 reviews

thatbookbitch's review against another edition

2.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Dementia

profilernewt07's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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It was an alright read, I detested the main characters inner dialogue and how she was chasing after a boy who was already involved in a relationship. The plot twist wasn’t overall shocking and the foreshadowing was abundantly clear from the start, overall wasn’t great, but wasn’t bad either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

kkuecker218's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

supremefangirl57's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism

katelynndzindzio's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

cinnamonghostie's review against another edition

2.5

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: No

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This book made my brain hurt

First off, why did they light the fire from inside the house? I don't care how drunk you are, you can't be that stupid! The author failed to convince me that the Sinclair Family was ever a rich and prestigious family. The grandpa seems so fake. In one chapter he's all happy-go-lucky and in the next he's threatening his own family, I don't know what his superior motive with the Sinclairs even is. The ending was so out of nowhere. I don't know how someone can hallucinate their friends to that extent. And to blame it on the medicine? What kind of medicine was Cadence taking? I think her doctors are drug dealers. Sorry if this review makes no sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Dementia, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

klasterni_tajemstvi's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

kellys_bookcase's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious sad tense

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Racism

gellyreads's review against another edition

2.0

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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That twist ending was dumb and pissed me off. There were no hints, which makes me mad. This all went downhill once I learned she killed the dogs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism

vvsmydiamonds's review against another edition

2.25

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-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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We Were Liars was nothing like I expected. The first huge chunk of the book I fought the urge to skim and skip to the "good part" which I was so sure would come. It did not. There was a surprising twist near the end. Cady came to terms with things and had some character development, but I can't say I liked her, or really any of her family. The vivid descriptions of her headaches were beautiful, the poetry style and the fairytales were a nice touch, so stars for that. I've seen people saying they re-read it to piece together details they missed, and while I was confused for most of the book, it is not good enough to re-read imo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Alcohol

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts