Reviews tagging 'Blood'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

103 reviews

crieraylas's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Blood

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

madamenovelist's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Dementia

pianoplayer279's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-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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Definitely not one of my favourite books but it was very mysterious and I definitely didn’t see the plot twist coming. Age 14+

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Racism, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

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

bri_fabiano's review against another edition

2.75

dark 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: Alcoholism

Moderate: Blood, Medical trauma

Minor: Rape

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

amaramorgenstern's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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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Die Art und Weise, wie das Buch geschrieben wurde, gefällt mir sehr. Allgemein habe ich das Gefühl bekommen, dass dieses Buch für mich alleine geschrieben wurde. Die Teile des Buchs haben mich alle auf ganz unterschiedlicher Art und Weise berührt. Selbst den großen Twist konnte ich nicht vorhersehen. Die Leserin war fantastisch. Im Endeffekt ist das Buch doch sehr traurig - es hat mich zum weinen gebracht. Den zweiten Teil würde ich aber nicht lesen wollen. Ebenso wenig kann ich mir vorstellen, das Buch noch einmal zu lesen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Dementia

oliviastewart716's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I have so much to say about this and nothing to say about this at the same time. Just like, why would you write this? It wasn’t terrible, I just don’t know what the intention was here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Abandonment

thatbookbitch's review against another edition

2.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Dementia