Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

70 reviews

hiraethtales's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-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

3.75

The book was interesting and exciting. There were a handful times I was bored but the ending blew my mind. I retread the book a couple of time just to find small hints I missed about the plot twist. It portrays racism, classism, greed for money and an overall shitty family

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Classism, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Medical trauma, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Drug use

rosyc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was amazing! I'm very late to the game and I wasn't so sure how I would like it since I find myself drifting away from YA, but the prose was beautiful and though there isn't a big plot, the story grabs you and it's hard to put the book down. Did not expect this to be so chilling. The repetition, though intentional, did get a little tiring toward the end but that didn't take away from my overall enjoyment of this book.

It also helps that I enjoy ghost stories like The Sixth Sense, which E. Lockhart mentions as an inspiration for this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Sexism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Self harm, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Racism, Blood, and Dementia

chloe_23's review against another edition

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

4.0

After the plot, the book was really good, but before, it was quite annoying. Though Cady was a little tiresome throughout the first 3/4 of the novel, it was enjoyable. I read the last 100 pages in one sitting, which is very unusual for me. The plot was interesting, something I didn't expect. 

Mirren and Johnny were such good characters, I honestly didn't think they were ghosts the whole time. I guess the way Cady worded every sentence made me think they were still alive the whole time. I actually thought that Cady was injured in the water accident that "occurred".

I finally figured out at the end why they were called "The Liars", and it was fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, and Death

siennabea's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

I've heard a lot of this book. There's been a lot of hype about it, but also a lot of negativity and hate, so, like the nosy person I am, I wanted to try it myself.

The not so good  things:
So. The plot. I couldn't really get into it. It was kind of all over the place. Like, even now, after reading it only 45 minutes ago, I can't really find a clear way to describe it. It was too vague at times that I didn't even understand where they were.
The characters. Now, I am not really someone that minds a plot being quite weak if the characters are good, but I'm not really sure if these ones were enough to make up for that. I just couldn't connect with them at all. Any and all symphonies I had for them was purely because I wouldn't want anyone to go through what they had to. They just lacked a little bit of personality and life. I just wish that Cadence  especially had more character development because with all that was happening to her, she just lacked the emotion to really pull at my heartstrings like I know she could have.
The writing style. I really don't want to sound rude, but I just wasn't so keen on how e.lockhart portrayed certain things.
The name. I know this is really petty, it's just I don't really understand why it is called that.

The good things:
The ending. It was just so good. I broke my heart purely because of how tragic and sad it was. It made everything the characters ever did in the book make sense in the most saddest and twisted way. It was the sole as to why I would ever recommend the book to anyone.
 
Also, If you liked this book I would recommend The Cousins by Karen M.Mcmanus, as it had a similar idea, but, in my opinion, a better romance, plot and characters.

Thank you for reading my book xx 😊

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Cursing

c_e_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Racism

wonderlandiful's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Addiction and Blood

harmonygracie's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

whoismeghansen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Medical trauma, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

sarah1026's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

2.75

This book was very confusing. There were many times where it just seemed like the book was lying to me, which makes sense I guess with the title. It was also never clear which timeline we were currently in. The plot twist that I had heard was great was pretty good, the book did get better at the end. <Spoiler> the plot twist was very good. It had me rather shocked, and I liked how we came to realize it with the main character. I am still rather confused on how it worked. How she was interacting with the characters, even kissing them, when they were dead. I also very much did not enjoy the addition of the dogs dying and the description of them waiting for help. I do wish I had heard about that before reading, because it was really rough to read. I also still do not know how she ended up naked in the water. <Spoiler> 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Medical content, Torture, Cursing, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

screaming, crying, banging my head

deserves all the hype it gets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, Animal death, Chronic illness, and Death

Minor: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Medical content, and Alcoholism