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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

158 reviews

suzannah's review against another edition

4.75

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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maddie_reads346's review against another edition

2.25

adventurous dark emotional sad 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: No

This book was not my favorite. The plot twist was definitely not expected, but I was expecting something bigger. Cadence, the main character, is really annoying. She is just obsessed over Gat and is really seaking for sympathy a lot of the time. The character development was also nonexistent. The rest of the characters didn’t make me feel attached into the book. The writing style was also very different from what Im used to, and I did like the writing style in the middle to the end, but in the beginning it was super confusing. This book is pretty faced paced and it is short, so if you want to just read to get it off of your tbr, then I guess you could read it.

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elizabethpowers's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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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bookedupchick's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

“The island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever.” 🌊 Private island off of Martha’s Vineyard. 4
“Liars”. An Accident. Secrets. Truths. Lies…

Completely SHOOK 🤭 I was completely surprised by this book. I didn’t see the plot twist coming. Loved the eerie feeling this book gave off. 🥶

Read this if you like ⤵️

🌊 Young Adult Reads
🌊 Mysteries
🌊 Suspense
🌊 Unreliable Main Characters
🌊 New England Elite Families
🌊 New England Summer Island Setting

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫/5
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

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sarah984's review against another edition

1.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book is hyped up so much everywhere and I didn't like it at all. The writing style is so over the top (every time the main character meets even a minor setback she's like "then he turned into a bear and shot me in the face"), the characters have one trait each, and the way the author can't seem to decide whether these characters’ obscene wealth is embarrassing or aspirational and kind of tries to do both drove me nuts. (The dismissive comments in the afterward about Cady’s "marxism" do suggest a few things though...)

I thought this was a thriller from the blurb but nothing happens and the twist is beyond stupid. (Also I have no idea how the character got out of the situation revealed in the twist without any injuries that would be noticeable months later even if she did have amnesia.) I don't think this book had any redeeming qualities.

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