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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

158 reviews

the_3bs's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious 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

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Racism, Xenophobia

Minor: Drug abuse

hdoomk's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism

bentobookdragon11's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Drug use

zohafazal's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark 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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The book was interesting and exciting. There were a handful times I was bored but the ending blew my mind. I retread the book a couple of time just to find small hints I missed about the plot twist. It portrays racism, classism, greed for money and an overall shitty family

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

vedpears's review against another edition

4.25

emotional mysterious 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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I dont want to give away too much but this was a great quick read! If you like Gossip Girl, this is right in line but with much less of a time commitment. Characters with full personalities, familial politics, class issues, and twisty twists! This would make a great poolside read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious 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: Ableism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Rape, Vomit, Death of parent, Colonisation

g slur, homelessness, poaching.

rosyc's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was amazing! I'm very late to the game and I wasn't so sure how I would like it since I find myself drifting away from YA, but the prose was beautiful and though there isn't a big plot, the story grabs you and it's hard to put the book down. Did not expect this to be so chilling. The repetition, though intentional, did get a little tiring toward the end but that didn't take away from my overall enjoyment of this book.

It also helps that I enjoy ghost stories like The Sixth Sense, which E. Lockhart mentions as an inspiration for this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

allisondelgrande's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug use

itsjusterika's review against another edition

3.5

sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I didn't expect the plot twist.

why did she call her mum Mummy it was so weird.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol