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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

86 reviews

rosage's review against another edition

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

5.0

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, and Classism

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

kitkatreads_khadeejah's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Infidelity, and Racism

brynhayes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

dhruviii's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Medical content

Minor: Cursing, Blood, and Classism

sailormegan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Review for We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Writing Quality 5/5

The unreliable, first-person narrative has a very poetic, fluid pace to it, and then we are snapped out of the trance by the abrupt and graphic intrusive thoughts of our MC, Cady. It’s believable. Her emotions were written in a way that I could feel them with every intense description, staccato wording, or lyrical paragraph. The relationships between the characters are realistic.  I did not see the plot twist coming until I was there but it made sense and looking back the hints were all there.  Lockhart’s writing made me ache for every single character.

Characters 4/5

Overall the characters are convincing, each showcasing their flaws and strengths. Cady uses beautiful adjectives to describe her group of Liars.  I didn’t give 5 stars only because the Sinclair family is a hyper-rich, snobby family (mostly) that kind of annoyed me.  This obviously is not a fault of the author.  Just my reaction to how well-written and realistic they are. 

Plot 5/5

Unique and riveting. Following Cady on her journey to find out what happened during Summer 15 on Beechwood Island was so intriguing. I was always trying to figure out what happened. And when I thought I had the answer something would come along and change that.  I honestly was not expecting the plot twist, but it made. So. Much. Sense.  

Post-reading Rating 5/5

This is a book I will think about for a long time and recommend to everyone.  I finished this, and then continued reading the author’s annotations because I needed to know how and why and what’s next.  

Who Should Read This

-Can I say everyone? 

Final Rating 4.75/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Sexual assault

classicpseudonym's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

woah. i just finished reading and im deciding to write my review no while everything is still fresh. but anyway.

i highly recommend this book. i love the way e lockhart incorporated themes of greed, materialism, and wealth in general into the book. there’s a lot that can be unpacked about these topics, and they did it perfectly by portraying an economically privileged family that is being torn apart. i enjoyed how this depicted the 1% of families that live in extreme luxury, as it showed a unique perspective that i don’t often see depicted in novels. i also saw the connections between the sinclair family and my own, which was definitely a way for me to reflect.

also, the descriptive details in this book are top tier. down to the details about cadence’s migraines and injuries, the vivid descriptions and thoughts that cadence has, even the fairytales. incredible.

i did struggle to understand exactly what the end connected back to, as well as a lot of the foreshadowing, which led me to being a bit confused before reading the authors notes in the edition i was lent of the book. this might be because i read a lot of this late at night, and this is definitely a book that i need to read twice in order to catch and think about everything.

anyway, please read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness and Medical content

clara_2021's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

THIS BOOK IS NOT MIDDLE GRADE!!! It is maybe 13 and but I would say 14 is youngest. It is HEAVY and deep. It will leave you numb, it throws you through loops, and it is NOT lighthearted. Yet,  this is still a pretty amazing book, but you have been warned.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Minor: Racism, Rape, and Abandonment

charlotteiisobel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death