Reviews tagging 'Classism'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

100 reviews

sarah1026's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was very confusing. There were many times where it just seemed like the book was lying to me, which makes sense I guess with the title. It was also never clear which timeline we were currently in. The plot twist that I had heard was great was pretty good, the book did get better at the end. <Spoiler> the plot twist was very good. It had me rather shocked, and I liked how we came to realize it with the main character. I am still rather confused on how it worked. How she was interacting with the characters, even kissing them, when they were dead. I also very much did not enjoy the addition of the dogs dying and the description of them waiting for help. I do wish I had heard about that before reading, because it was really rough to read. I also still do not know how she ended up naked in the water. <Spoiler> 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Self harm, Torture, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

iuvmoonie's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug use, Classism

rosemelody's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Listened to this as an audiobook, it’s a page turner and made the drive to quickly. A bit confusing and not the best for a YA rated book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Dementia, Classism

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, Alcohol

zoeeddon's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Dementia, Grief, Classism

the_escapist's review against another edition

2.75

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Classism

memoireppleine's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book had me crying in public. I got so attached to the characters that finishing it destroyed me. 
I related to Cady and her problems, I related to the situation and the moments, I knew what was gonna happen but my critical mind didn't wanna believe it. Carpe diem istg, it's all there. 
(if you wanna cry more after reading listen to "youth" - Daughter

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book subverted my expectations. It's written kind of weirdly but I liked it. I ended up getting sucked into the mystery of it all pretty quickly. I guessed the ending fairly early on but it would be pretty shocking if you weren't expecting it. This book is best read not knowing much about it.

Things I Liked:

• I love how the characters and story are revealed slowly to allow tension and mystery to build!
• I love how hints to the ending are scattered throughout the story.
• I loved the setting. I wanted more. I could have read about every summer on the island and would have loved it.

Things I Didn't Like:

• The whole amnesia aspect felt like a weird plot device. I didn't hate it because it definitely let the tension build but I'm not sure it really makes a lot of sense.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

am1chen's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-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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I know everyone on Tik Tok loves this book, but I thought it was just okay. While the ending was a great twist, I had a hard time connecting to the characters as they weren’t as relatable to me as they might have been to others. I can see why a lot of people love this book, but I just don’t think it was for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

injiofthebooks's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Alcohol

lucialockleymorante's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It follows the character of Cadence Sinclair Eastman and how her family has affected her as a person. It's very hard to explain in simple terms what this book is about without spoiling anything because it's kind of all over the place. The characters aren't loveable and I don't really connect with any of them, to me Cady was just a girl who didn't understand her privilege and whilst I get that just because you have money doesn't mean you have a good life, I still don't think that's an excuse for the way she acts in this book. I thought Gat was quite an interesting character but there wasn't much too him and I think that could have been explored a bit more. I sort of guessed the ending in the middle of the book which kind of made it a bit boring to read towards the end. I did quite like the style that the book was written in, as it was fast-paced for me but I could still understand what was happening. There is character development to an extent, as the reasons why characters are the way they are, are sort of explained towards the end. I don't think I'd recommend this book to anyone but if you've got it on your TBR list then I think you should give it a go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Classism

It talks about physical pain as a metaphor for mental pain which can be quite graffic and triggering