Reviews tagging 'Violence'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

20 reviews

kylie27's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death

Moderate: Death, Violence, Dementia

g4bby's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

em_5460's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I loved this book but I really did not expect the twist.

I thought it would be something akin to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, where a killer is revealed to be within their midst. However, it ended up just being a horrific tragedy killing 3 people. That twist was not as fun or exciting, but more depressing. I'm not saying it's bad, it just went a very different direction than I was expecting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

rosage's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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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actually… what the fuck did i just read?! i’ve never had a book leave me so speechless. i’ve had this book for MONTHS and never read it and now i regret not having read it sooner! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail

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

mtrout's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racial slurs

Moderate: Violence, Abandonment

Minor: Dementia

phoehems's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Slower beginning and then it all kicked off near the end. A little bit confusing because different timelines are being told at the same time however it was definitely told in a creative and interesting way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape

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

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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Racism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent

duckydarlingg's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism

arosereads's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional 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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While I enjoyed the author’s use of imagery and metaphor throughout the novel, I found the writing style just wasn’t for me. The language came across somewhat pretentious and like it was trying too hard at times. At other times, I read some of the most creative and beautiful descriptions of grief and pain I’ve ever read, so I do have some mixed feelings about the book. 

While I wanted to like the characters, I just couldn’t connect with any of them. I was able to predict the plot due to some clever foreshadowing by the author, but based on reviews I have seen I was expecting something mind blowing. Overall, a good enough read, but will not go on my list of favorites.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Violence