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We Were Liars Deluxe Edition by E. Lockhart

693 reviews

sina4books's review against another edition

2.75

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ross_emm's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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thisworldsuckslmao's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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mishshell's review against another edition

4.25

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lrl38's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Idk man, this book is severely overhyped. I cry more over doctor's appointments and stubbed toes than I did over the "legendary plot twist" that this book holds. For a much, much better use of this trope I recommend 'Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone'.

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lauraevelyn's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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irisvdn's review against another edition

3.5

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The first half of the book I had no clue what was going on or what the plot was. But around halfway I got it and I couldn't put it down. The ending was unexpected, not sure if I liked it but it was good

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chezler24's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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: Yes

After reading some reviews, I understand why some people would not like this, but I had a great time reading it so a 4 it is. The best way to tackle this book is to go in completely blind and let the story unfold for you. The writing style in some places might annoy some readers; however, I enjoyed certain sections' descriptive language and jarring style changes. It might feel a bit overdramatic, but the main character is a teenage girl who comes from an affluent, appearance-based background and had something traumatic happen in her past. To me, the language fits Cadence. When I first started, I thought this was going to be a book rehashing overdone notes of materiality, classicism, status, appearances, and family secrets with a stereotypical WASP-y cast, but, as the story unfolded, it took these aspects and layered some cryptic elements ensconced by Cadence's memory loss and the family's attempts at maintaining their air of normalcy. The twist definitely got me when it revealed itself fully. I am certainly going to reread this at some point based on how the ending panned out to see if I can experience certain interactions in a new light. (I was hoping for two characters to overcome external issues and maybe change the family for the better, but alas.)

For this particular copy of the book, the author included some bonus content (Gat's poems and notes to Cadence, an original map and family tree, the process of writing this book, and a book club menu and reading guide) which helped expand some aspects of the book and allowed the readers to see kind of what the author wanted to do with this particular storyline.

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