Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

79 reviews

grace_cr1's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, 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

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

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

moonylovesstars's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional sad tense slow-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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The .75 was added because of the ending, I just found the first parts a little boring at times.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Self harm

dhruviii's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical content

Minor: Cursing, Blood, Classism

sailormegan's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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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Review for We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Writing Quality 5/5

The unreliable, first-person narrative has a very poetic, fluid pace to it, and then we are snapped out of the trance by the abrupt and graphic intrusive thoughts of our MC, Cady. It’s believable. Her emotions were written in a way that I could feel them with every intense description, staccato wording, or lyrical paragraph. The relationships between the characters are realistic.  I did not see the plot twist coming until I was there but it made sense and looking back the hints were all there.  Lockhart’s writing made me ache for every single character.

Characters 4/5

Overall the characters are convincing, each showcasing their flaws and strengths. Cady uses beautiful adjectives to describe her group of Liars.  I didn’t give 5 stars only because the Sinclair family is a hyper-rich, snobby family (mostly) that kind of annoyed me.  This obviously is not a fault of the author.  Just my reaction to how well-written and realistic they are. 

Plot 5/5

Unique and riveting. Following Cady on her journey to find out what happened during Summer 15 on Beechwood Island was so intriguing. I was always trying to figure out what happened. And when I thought I had the answer something would come along and change that.  I honestly was not expecting the plot twist, but it made. So. Much. Sense.  

Post-reading Rating 5/5

This is a book I will think about for a long time and recommend to everyone.  I finished this, and then continued reading the author’s annotations because I needed to know how and why and what’s next.  

Who Should Read This

-Can I say everyone? 

Final Rating 4.75/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Medical content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Sexual assault

spoookycat's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, Grief, Medical trauma

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia

hellhaveubeenloca's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Yes

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THIS BOOK IS NOT MIDDLE GRADE!!! It is maybe 13 and but I would say 14 is youngest. It is HEAVY and deep. It will leave you numb, it throws you through loops, and it is NOT lighthearted. Yet,  this is still a pretty amazing book, but you have been warned.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria

Minor: Racism, Rape, Abandonment

lnickel7's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This books seems slow and tame to start, but it is not. It is so sad but the writing is incredibly beautiful and gives meaning to the story in an incredible way. Not for the faint of heart/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing

Minor: Gore, Suicidal thoughts