Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Family of Liars by E. Lockhart

27 reviews

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Rape, and Medical content

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia, Antisemitism, and Suicide

ekmook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Homophobia, Classism, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

laheath's review

dark mysterious 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

4.0

 This is the prequel to We Were Liars and begins with a spoiler, so definitely read We Were Liars first. Since it had been several years, I reread it prior to beginning Family of Liars and it was just as good as I remembered. This book revisits the Sinclair family from the perspective of the sisters (the moms from We Were Liars), as teenagers. More family secrets are revealed with lots of drama and mystery. We learn how some of the family dynamics developed including the relationships among the sisters and between the sisters and the parents. There's not a twist as huge as in We Were Liars, but several surprising events that made this quite the page-turner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual assault

mysterymom40's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Violence, Sexual content, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Medical content, Sexual assault, Blood, Toxic friendship, Death, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Infidelity

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emilyellen07's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Classism, Drug use, Death, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Blood, Child death, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Cursing, and Medical content

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

I didn't like this one as much as We Were Liars. The MCs were mostly unlikable and the supernatural element was weird and unnecessary. It was still a good book but nowhere near as good as the first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Drug use, and Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual violence, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault and Homophobia

missrosymaplemoth's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Infidelity