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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

158 reviews

noclermi's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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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Ok so, most of the book was  paced, poorly written, and boring. The main character - Cadence Sinclair and her family - The Sinclair's, are such a basic white family and me, being of color - Indian specifically, did not enjoy the grandfather's personality. In fact I completely hated him. 
"Don't take no for an answer." One if his mottos that he taught his grandchildren, consent is important and he advises children to not care about it. Wow.
Another bit I absolutely hated was the sisters, so toxic. The entire family is toxic.

Ok but listen, the last seven chapters were actually good. I liked it. The plot twist was good, I guess but it took me 81 chapters to get there and not everyone is as patient as I am so, I really don't recommend this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Moderate: Racism

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

emmichen's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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i liked the writing of the book because it was very poetic at first, but after a while it got kind of confusing and i forgot what happened when i stopped reading. my biggest problem with this book was that the characters weren’t likeable to me, because i didn’t really get to know know them. the author described their personalities a lot, but failed to truly show them through their actions. also, i didn’t really like the main character.. i thought it was really interesting how she gave away all her stuff, but lockhart didn’t get into depth enough of why she was doing it (a little, but not enough). the aunts were always fighting, but there was no internal conflict, no explanation of their feelings. it was all out of cady’s perspective and she failed to understand anyone else’s emotions but her own. 
due to all of this, the ending was not really meaningful. it was obviously shocking and sad, but it seemed very shallow because of the way i perceived the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

Minor: Drug use

haleyscomet_'s review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria

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

e_hng's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Vomit

agnes_reads's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 33%

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Because the book was very confusing to understand and the characters were annoying. And nothing made sense I had to read a page like 5 times to understand anything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

zarrolina's review against another edition

2.5

mysterious reflective sad fast-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: No

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I liked it. Read it in one sitting, sadly I found the “big mystery” a but predictable, but it still baffled me when i realised. Also the ending felt a bit rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Alcohol

katherineroseamber's review against another edition

0.25

dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol

beeuniversal's review against another edition

3.5

dark 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: No

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i liked this book a lot, however the ending was quite odd and rushed. also when

cady started getting migraines

it just took a long portion of the book, and wasn’t that interesting.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Medical trauma