Reviews tagging 'Classism'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

100 reviews

coinmanatee's review against another edition

5.0

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I worked out the twist early, but I usually do. Still when everything was revealed it was concluded well enough to leave me satisfied. 

I found most of the characters deeply unpleasant, though of course thats intentional. But it made the ending resulution feel kind of strange. Maybe thats intentional too.

And the prose is very good. Which makes up for a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Minor: Animal death

Detailed migraine descriptions, unreliable narrators

jaeleneh's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I went into this book not knowing what to expect due to all of the polarizing reviews. But I ended up enjoying it for the most part. I want to say that the twist is the part that probably made it better for me. If it wasn't for that I don't think I would have enjoyed it as much. It was hard to sympathize at all with a lot of the characters as well. (White superiority, racism, petty rich people problems) to give you an idea.
I just wish there was more development in all aspects but it still had me quite intrigued. I hope the prequel gives me more insight into why the bulk of characters acted the way they did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Medical trauma

Minor: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship

moonbin's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Medical trauma, Murder, Classism

emry's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

rayne_1906's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious tense 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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1 hour 42 minutes - This book has had very mixed reviews and I can understand why. The writing is very confusing and jumbled, making it hard to follow the plot, what is flashback and what is currently happening, and features an incredibly unreliable narrator. However, within the context of the story, this makes sense. Not much seems to happen, but again, this is an intentional choice on the part of the author. However, this doesn't detract from the fact that certain points of this book were a little dull and repetitive. On the other hand, once the truth started to unravel, it was very engaging (although still confusing). Hence, I myself have mixed feelings about this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Racism, Grief

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Alcohol, Classism

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

ameliecanread's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious medium-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: Yes

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this book a lot of people were disappointed by but i enjoyed it ! i thought it was well written, and the plot twist (even though i had a suspicion) was still a great move in the story. however, a lot of the characters were extremely privileged, (the author did this on purpose, i hope) to the points of not knowing workers who had worked there all their lives. they were very rich and did not understand some of my favorite characters points. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Classism

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Alcohol

there were some things dealing with

fire

and also a lot of classism, but i thought it was written about well.

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

condensedmilk's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful 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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This book broke my heart, and I mean that in the best way possible. As part of the target demographic for the book, I can tell you it's probably only going to appeal to us teenagers and maybe folks a little older if you're open-minded? The book has enjambment and loves using rule of three so that makes it's very digestible. Fair warning though: if you dislike minimalistic contemporary writing the writing style might annoy you but I can say as someone who doesn't particularly like Rupi-Kaur-esque writing—this is not that at all. These characters are complex and tackle issues that are way older than them. Also, you will love Gat. I know I do. This book is also great for someone who wants to get out a reading slump, it had definitely motivated to read more so that's also nice. Happy reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Classism