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משפחה של שקרנים by E. Lockhart, א' לוקהארט

22 reviews

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

“I have been a liar all my life, you see. It’s not uncommon in our family.” 

“No way out but through.”

If I’m honest, I went into this book not knowing what I was getting myself into. I read We Were Liars last month and I couldn’t tell you the plot at all, I just knew I enjoyed it at the time. I think the same happened with this book.

I enjoyed this book a lot more than the first book, because I think it was easier to follow. I loved the aspect of this storyline and I didn’t see the plot twist coming! 

E. Lockhart very cleverly writes a story that tells you the plot twist and the ending of the book right at the beginning, but you don’t put it together until the end. And it’s both infuriating and thoroughly enjoyable! 

I did really enjoy this book, and I loved the sisterhood aspect of the siblings. I definitely got a lot more hooked in the second half of the book and read it in one sitting! 

4.25⭐️ I look forward to the next book (when it’s released!)

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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: Complicated

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dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional reflective slow-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

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challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

just as good as the first one in a completely different way!
age rating — 14+

thoughts while reading

p5: yeah no kidding
p15: i wondered that! i knew there was
no rosemary
in We Were Liars
p21: this family physically hurts me with all their emotional masking
p22: please don’t get addicted
p23: there is literally no pleasing harris
p25: yuhuh what did i say. 16 is way too young to have no one watching you
p50: it’s probably meant to be because of the codeine that
she sees rose
p55: carrie and cadence are kindred spirits, and not completely in a good way
p67: pfeff is totally the one she crushes on
p79: two single guys, three and a half single girls. i can almost taste the potential drama
p92: $100 BOOK VOUCHER?? heck yes!!
p151: don’t tell me
she’s hallucinating the boys too
p163: isn’t this the story about locke from The Cruel Prince
p169: i knew something like this would happen
p175: erm not quite the twist i was expecting

p179: gosh bess is brave, i’d be too terrified to talk to my sibling like that if they had carrie’s issues in case they spiralled and offed themselves. maybe it’s because she’s the youngest so she doesn’t quite understand the seriousness of this situation beyond her own feelings. i’m not saying bess is wrong to say something, i just couldn’t do it
p196: pfeff was never gonna give you what you need, not when he either has a very low opinion of himself or just doesn’t care
p201: really REALLY not what i was expecting
p206: omg it’s agggtm all over again
p220: OH
p247: nooo not
pfeff haunting her now too!
p263:
IT WAS CARRIE WHO KILLED HIM???
p273:
it was HARRIS who moved the board!

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challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is my third time reading this book, and my rating is still 4 ⭐️.

I love the way that E. Lockhart writes. 🤩 Specifically how she describes characters. 🥰 If I could pick one author to describe me, I’d pick her. 🙃 I also really like the way that her characters aren’t perfect, and the way the characters sometimes call out the other characters. 😅
Like when Penny is being kind of rude to Carrie, but what she’s saying is true. 🥲
Obviously, I’d hate for that to happen to me in real life though, I’d probably cry for hours. 😂

Despite the fact that I’ve read this book three times now,
every time I forget that Harris isn’t Carrie’s real father. 😱
I really like that aspect to the story though. 😌

The only specific thing that I don’t like about this book is how
Carrie explains how she helped her sisters cover up the murder of Pfeff, and says that it was Bess who killed him. 😑 I understand that the author wanted another, bigger plot twist when it was revealed that it was actually Carrie who killed Pfeff, but I feel like it was just unnecessary. 🤦🏼‍♀️ I think I would’ve preferred it if it was just revealed straight away that Carrie was the one who killed him. 🫣


But overall, I really like this book and it’s made me really excited for summer! ☀️ (Despite the fact that it’s February. 🥶)

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