Reviews

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

kandersen6's review against another edition

4.0

I really loved this. Clever, full of suspense, loved the writing.

marsalejandrina's review against another edition

3.0

3.5*

kiingchika's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I feel so conflicted? I was genuinely lost the entire book, and then the ending happened, and I was like actually it all makes sense now but still, I feel like the pacing could’ve been better, and I can’t believe it took that long to know what the hell was going on. I enjoyed the characters and the twist was certainly something but I don’t think it was worth putting myself through I just didn’t understand the point for majority of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Alcoholism, Child death, and Grief

owie_jowie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

everyone said this book was sad. its not. its more shocking, but an ‘oh thats interesting’, surprising shocking (if that makes sense).

did not expect cady to have killed the liars, thats all

but other than that, i really did enjoy this book. kept me hooked and loved the writing.

huyvivie's review against another edition

apr 27, 2022 dnf 70%
haha my annotations were so funny, im gonna pick this up again

ms_spine_breaker's review against another edition

2.0

Format: audiobook

priyah's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense

3.75

eliss959's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was a beautiful journey written like poetry. The writing let me enter into the Liars world and I wouldn’t doubt that they are real people in real life as I feel like I know them and I see them. 
I love when a book feels this way. And it has so many moral messages too. It’s a very special read and I’m glad I’ve read it!

laurereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad fast-paced

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

4.0

books_highlighters_me's review against another edition

2.0

No, just, no. Didn’t make sense to me at all. I still can’t figure out what the book was about, really. Sure, some scenes were great, they were well written but the overall plot? Honestly, there was no plot. I didn’t like the way it ended at all and even if it ended the way it did, what happened then? All of it was left unanswered.
I had high hopes from this one.