Reviews tagging 'Blood'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

103 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

harmonygracie's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

krystaltyong's review against another edition

4.25

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Abandonment

mattiedancer's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional hopeful 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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Writing: 5⭐️/5 

Hmm. How to discuss this without spoiling it or ruining the fun of reading it? I think, very plainly, I’ll say it’s some of the most technically controlled and interesting writing I’ve read in a YA novel. 

Characters: 4.75⭐️/5

Again, I’m going minimal with this review. Don’t expect anything, but do understand that the characters will jump off the page.

Plot: 4.5⭐️/5 

No way to talk about this one. Take the mark as it is, but go in expecting nothing. 

Post-Reading Rating:  5⭐️/5

Stunning.

Who Should Read This? 

• Fiction fans
• Fans of gossip girl vibes, but looking for more serious themes
• Someone looking for a well-balanced book with virtuosic writing control, well-developed characters, and an interesting plot

Final Rating: 4.75⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

rosemelody's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Listened to this as an audiobook, it’s a page turner and made the drive to quickly. A bit confusing and not the best for a YA rated book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Dementia, Classism

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, Alcohol

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

dancing_on_ur_muml0l's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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: Complicated

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Wish they explained

HOW THE FUCK GAT AND JOHNNY AND MIRREN ARE STILL THERE EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD?! AFTER THE ACCIDENT?? WHAT??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Mental illness, Racism, Injury/Injury detail

cbonn's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Wow I just finished we were liars and the plot twist.. it was predictable but the way it was written made me feel for the liars and right now its 1am and I dont think I'm gonna be able to sleep I'm going to be thinking of this all night. I wish the writing were a little better and the characters were more loveable and diverse but overall I think it deserves 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Medical trauma

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Blood

lucialockleymorante's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It follows the character of Cadence Sinclair Eastman and how her family has affected her as a person. It's very hard to explain in simple terms what this book is about without spoiling anything because it's kind of all over the place. The characters aren't loveable and I don't really connect with any of them, to me Cady was just a girl who didn't understand her privilege and whilst I get that just because you have money doesn't mean you have a good life, I still don't think that's an excuse for the way she acts in this book. I thought Gat was quite an interesting character but there wasn't much too him and I think that could have been explored a bit more. I sort of guessed the ending in the middle of the book which kind of made it a bit boring to read towards the end. I did quite like the style that the book was written in, as it was fast-paced for me but I could still understand what was happening. There is character development to an extent, as the reasons why characters are the way they are, are sort of explained towards the end. I don't think I'd recommend this book to anyone but if you've got it on your TBR list then I think you should give it a go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Classism

It talks about physical pain as a metaphor for mental pain which can be quite graffic and triggering

cynthigarcia's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Xenophobia