Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

134 reviews

samlavenhagen's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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People either love or hate this book but personally, I loved it. I felt like the author did a great job of revealing details at the right time and wrote the dialogue of the main character in a way that was appropriate for the character.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury

ririreadss's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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SPOILERS

These have got it be the dumbest arsonists in the FUCKING world. You’ve got to be shitting me. Who tf lights a fire with OTHER PEOPLE STILL IN THE HOUSE. YOU DUMBASS. 
Here is what you do. You all pour the gasoline in each room, meet outside at the front door, and THEN you light the match. You don’t ALL have to light matches from INSIDE THE HOUSE WTF WHAT KIND OF DUMBASSES.


Also i hate “ooh we’ve been ghosts this whole time” stories 
Also the DOGSSSSS 😫😫😫

SPOILERS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death

deideo's review against another edition

3.0

emotional mysterious 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: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

emmasbookshelf27's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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 liked this book and would definitely consider reading it again after learning the plot twist. <I thought the plot twist was going to be that Gat left her in the water to drown or one of the aunts drowned her to prevent her from getting the inheritance and I was surprised. I enjoy a good plot twist and it is for that reason that I liked it, although I thought the ghosts thing was weird. Like were they her imagination, but then why did they show up again after she realized> 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

corvidprince's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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OH. MY. GOD.

There aren't words to quantify my reaction to that twist. My jaw physically dropped. 

This book? A masterpiece. I can't wait to reread it knowing what I know now because it was there the whole time under my nose. I'll admit, I had to reread the twist a couple times before it clicked. It didn't make sense--and then it did. Few books I've read have earned more of a 5 star rating than this one has. The writing is masterful in every way, the work of Lockhart is truly brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Racism

tayamarieh's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Dementia, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Racism

jomarie's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism

lizaleoma's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Alcohol

mmc27's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

beca_reads's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-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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I Should of left this book in 2014 where it belongs. I read this book when it came out when I was 14, and I wanted to re-read it now at nearly 23  before the prequel comes out this year. When I read it when I was younger I really enjoyed this, and the big plot twist had me in shock. Now it doesn't, I thought the characters were annoyingly pretentious and out of touch, and Candice is just plain stupid. There is also very little plot, and when there is plot it is everywhere. I think there are far better YA thriller/mysteries out there.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail