Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Byliśmy łgarzami by E. Lockhart

138 reviews

theotheleo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Rape, and Infidelity

hctown's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction and Suicidal thoughts

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death, Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Medical content, Racism, and Ableism

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Dementia, and Hate crime

Minor: Colonisation, Vomit, Cancer, Death of parent, and Rape

g slur, homelessness, poaching.

rosyc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was amazing! I'm very late to the game and I wasn't so sure how I would like it since I find myself drifting away from YA, but the prose was beautiful and though there isn't a big plot, the story grabs you and it's hard to put the book down. Did not expect this to be so chilling. The repetition, though intentional, did get a little tiring toward the end but that didn't take away from my overall enjoyment of this book.

It also helps that I enjoy ghost stories like The Sixth Sense, which E. Lockhart mentions as an inspiration for this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Sexism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Self harm, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Racism, Blood, and Dementia

allisondelgrande's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death, Addiction, Drug use, and Animal death

helena_isobell's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Was a slow read at first but the twist at the end saved it for me. I found I fell in love with the characters without realising. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction and Self harm

naddl0r's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Classism, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, and Abandonment

c_e_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Racism

sofia_montero's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Classism

Minor: Addiction

ludmireads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I hated the main character, she was whiny and as some other character said, she just wanted everyone to pity her, she was also really, really, really annoying. She was just a rich privileged girl who didn’t realise she was privileged. 
The side characters (or the Liars) were all bland and without a personality and didn’t add anything to the story really. I had exactly zero emotional attachment to those characters.
The story itself wasn’t bad, I certainly wasn’t expecting the plot twist at the end (wow, still recovering from that) but it would be much better if the main character wasn’t as annoying and the characters were more complex in general.
The pacing was great - it’s one of the books you could finish in one sitting.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, and Suicidal thoughts