Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

158 reviews

chloerom's review against another edition

3.5

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use

lizzylakes's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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 made me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Blood

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Classism

renegadereads's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

stripy_gloves's review against another edition

1.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Really short chapter 87 for only a  225 page book. It was badly written but had a good plot twist at the end 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Dysphoria

jordan_noel's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I thought the plot twist in this book was good, and there were a lot of interesting points to think about (e.g., Cast’s grief process and her understand of her own grief, the way the teens think about the Sinclair family wealth, and the family dynamics). 

However, I didn’t feel that I really knew the characters. I knew what Cady felt, but I didn’t know any of their interests and true motivations beyond their love for each other. This made it difficult for me to be engaged in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Self harm, Blood

fcksnotfound's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Dementia

Minor: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Gaslighting

doriandelioncourt's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Classism

ilaronicly's review against another edition

3.75

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Murder, Abandonment

aidareads's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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i read this in two sittings and felt like i was on crack the whole time. i kinda guessed the plot twist, but just because i knew there was one. still, i liked how the author makes use of an unreliable narrator. a solid 4 stars!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Alcohol

emmaprobasco's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol