Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

47 reviews

thyroyalreader's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting

Moderate: Racism, Self harm, Medical trauma

bookbitch111's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I went into this book with no knowledge of the plot or characters. Ultimately, I love this book. It has a poetic, sometimes choppy format. Something so simple - a girl has an accident she cannot remember, is turned so deep and dark. We Were Liars has an unreliable narrator, and the details she throws the readers seem out of place at first. The book wraps quickly with a dark plot twist - all of those random details make sense. You begin to understand the false security, the warped reality our main character is buried deep under. This book shows how ugly and shallow people can be, how your consequences have actions. I finished We Were Liars with hot tears on my face. In the few days since I concluded the read, I have been haunted and disturbed by the tragedy of these characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death, Gaslighting

emilyellen07's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia

lucys_library's review against another edition

2.0

mysterious sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

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

farren_doubell's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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oh it's so sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Racism, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Self harm, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Dementia, Religious bigotry

agnes_reads's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 33%

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Because the book was very confusing to understand and the characters were annoying. And nothing made sense I had to read a page like 5 times to understand anything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

katherineroseamber's review against another edition

0.25

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol

star_witch's review against another edition

1.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book started out ok. Then I reached the end and it was bad. Like really bad. I felt like it came out of nowhere, nothing in the whole book led up to that ending. It was unsatisfying and was only there for shock value. And it didn't even shock me. 
There is only one POC character and even though the racism he experiences is brought up, it isn't actually explore very well. 
Also mental illness was used as a plot device.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting

thehollyking's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail