Reviews tagging 'Child death'

משפחה של שקרנים by E. Lockhart, א' לוקהארט

157 reviews

hmih's review against another edition

3.75

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content

pau_line's review against another edition

3.75

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Es war spannend, nach Beechwood zurückzukehren und in die Vergangenheit der Schwestern einzutauchen, mehr über die Familie und ihre Geheimnisse zu erfahren.

Ich hab das Buch super schnell durchgelesen, mochte den Schreibstil, das Setting und das Sommergefühl. Die Perspektive von Carrie war super interessant, obwohl ich fälschlicherweise vorher dachte, wie bekommen die Perspektive von Penny, aber nvm

Ich muss sagen, es war nicht so gut wie der erste Teil und ich hatte irgendwie mehr erwartet, weil der erste Teil schon deutlich krasser war. Ich hatte andere Vorstellungen, wie das Buch sein und was der Fokus werden würde. Das soll aber nicht heißen, dass das Buch schlecht war, das auf gar keinen Fall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Classism

sarcastic_brunette13's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death

Moderate: Rape, Murder

kenziekfoster's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood

Minor: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Alcohol

nancymae_reads's review against another edition

4.25

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

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“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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

overbookedmama's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Murder, Gaslighting

juliesleseecke's review against another edition

4.5

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

kate001's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content

sarah201's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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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I reallllllyyyyyyy like We Were Liars, I did watch the show before reading book, so I already knew the twists of that story. However I didn’t know anything about this story, other than the bits that are hinted at in the show. Getting more insight into the sisters relationships with one and another and their parents was similar to how I imagine. I did expect there to be slightly more competition among them in their younger years, but the fact that there wasn’t makes their relationships as adults all the more sad. I love that both this book and the first are told through the POV of the eldest from the generation, who also both have substance abuse problems.

I did expect that the twist was going to be that they killed their sister SO HAPPY that was not the case, however it does make me question the comment in the show when Bess says something along lines (to Carrie) “Do you think this is was punishment, for what we did my summer 16…. But if that’s the case why wasn’t Penny punished?” Because I feel like Bess was the least guilty of the 3 sisters, and Carrie and Penny both being equally responsible

Overall a very good book, and I’m excited to read the next!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship

itsredandread's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Outing