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Family of Liars by E. Lockhart

31 reviews

kimseokjinschild's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

The book discusses topics like family reputation, addiction, death ~ bereavement, avoiding emotions, love and murder. 

💫The Sinclair family traits like not being allowed to express emotions to the importance of holding a good family image resonates with me.

💫It made me feel emotions have anger, frustration, worry and love.

📈However I felt something was missing...sometimes I lost interest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, and Rape

Minor: Suicide and Homophobia

safety_pin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child death, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Outing

remib's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, and Child death

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide

stormzx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

13+

great book! loved seeing how cadence’s mom and aunts lives during their teenage years.

both the first and second plot twists (harris not being carrie’s biological father and pfeff dying) were predictable to me but i still enjoyed reading them. however, i did not expect the third one (carrie actually being pfeff’s killer).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Suicide, and Self harm

britt281's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

bookedbymadeline's review

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

annathesockaholic's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Alcohol, Drug use, Murder, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

zmilmore's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide

rory18's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, Grief, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Suicide, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Homophobia, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Slavery, War, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

 Thanks to Delacorte and NetGalley for an advaced copy of Family of Liars to review! We Were Liars made such a splash on TikTok last year; I was excited to read the prequel! If you loved We Were Liars, you'll definitely enjoy getting more background on the Sinclair family. Even if they're not a particularly likeable family overall.

The writing style of this is much the same as We Were Liars, with short chapters and a lot of dialog. Honestly, Lockhart is just great at capturing teen dialog. The conversations flow easily between characters and help to move the plot forward quickly. While the characters might not be the most likeable characters, you're still invested in their story. 

Like with We Were Liars, there are plot twists abound in this book. While I found them a little predictable, they still add a sense of intensity to the story overall. From the beginning, there's an air of mystery of what's going to happen on the island over the summer. You know something will happen, but it's not immediately clear what. Lockhart is an expert at keeping that air of mystery, even without making it totally obvious. However, I did think the book took a little too long to find it's narrative voice. The voice didn't really pick up until about halfway through the book.

Overall, if you enjoy summer themed mysteries, you'll definitely enjoy this book! Especially if We Were Liars is one of your favorites. 

I think fans of We Were Liars will definitley like this, as it has similar vibes and a pretty similar plot structure. For me, it just felt like it took a little too long to find its groove. Stay tuned for a full review to come next week!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Addiction

Moderate: Grief and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide