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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

158 reviews

wonderlandiful's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Addiction, Blood

cadesreads's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

fabycamurugy's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

yotsuba's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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I read this book in one evening, I didn’t mind the writing style as I saw some people complaining. The end was really emotional, I didn’t predict that at all and it hit me hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism

katherinek's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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: Yes

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This absolutely tore me into pieces. It was so beautifully written and I didn’t expect the ending at all. The characters felt so real. Some of the metaphors confused me, though, which took away some of the shock factor for the first plot twist for me because I found myself going back trying to figure out if it was real or not. The middle also slows down just a bit, but after the ending I realized why so many of the seemingly unimportant details in the middle were actually so important. This is one I would totally go back and reread to try and find all the clues I missed—

How they never went to dinner, they didn’t want Cady to jump off the rocks, the kids seeing ghosts, none of them receiving her gifts or responding to Cady’s emails, Aunt Carrie walking around at night, the lie about the donut shop, why Grandad kept calling her Mirren, etc etc.

I don’t think a book has ever made me cry as hard as this one did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Racism, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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screaming, crying, banging my head

deserves all the hype it gets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Racism

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief

iuvmoonie's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug use, Classism

imaginefishes's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious reflective medium-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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I hated the Sinclairs — good characterisation of the rich and the inheritance wars that come about because of their fortune. I liked Gat. Because the story unfolds like it’s revealing clues (to a mystery you don’t understand), the plot twist at the end hits you like a truck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Dementia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Murder, Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

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

lizzygreene's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death

Moderate: Drug use