Reviews tagging 'Death'

Family of Liars by E. Lockhart

116 reviews

mysterymom40's review against another edition

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: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

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

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

ghosts

franchesqua_levi's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I read we were liars at the start of this year, it was the book that got me out of my reading slump that lasted years, so of course I had to read the prequel. 

We were liars made me cry so much and for some reason I thought family of liars was basically going to be a copy and paste of we were liars. I was so wrong. This book made me so angry with it that I wanted to toss the book across my room. For the past week, all you could hear coming from my room was, "NO" "HOW DARE YOU!!?" And a lot of screaming. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to feel something, but someone who isn't much of a crier. 

I'm not vey good with trigger warnings, but I would say that some of the main ones are rape and death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

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

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

Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Medical content

aqtbenz's review

dark emotional reflective 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: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia

juliaisnotalright's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

Better than we were liars, but still average.
In this book we follow teenage Carries adventures in Beechwood.
Way to many unnecessary charcters. For example Major was soo irrelevant for the plot.
The author though putting lgbtq charcters in this book was a good idea, but it felt very forced.
Although the vibe is similar to we were liars, I think family of liars is more complex and didn’t have the expectations for a huge plot twist.
Some parts were interesting, others completely boring.
Great book to read in the summertime on the beach.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

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, Drug use, Infidelity, and Alcohol

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

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual assault

rayneyisreading's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

devinaaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia

marieos's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Murder, and Sexual harassment