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משפחה של שקרנים by E. Lockhart, א' לוקהארט

140 reviews

flintyfiction's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

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jeanettesreadingcorner's review against another edition

5.0

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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krissydavis's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional sad 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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lilybarna's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

e. lockhart, I am floored!! This is a prequel to “we were liars,” told through Carrie’s eyes, the mother of Johnny. I audiobooked this, and the narration was fantastic. I think lockhart veers away slightly from the writing style in WWL, with fewer cut-off sentences and metaphors. That also could be because I am listening to it as opposed to reading it.

This story touches on the plights of the privileged as the first book does, but I think it does a better job of showcasing just how vain and immoral some of those problems were.

I think the climax of this book is so intriguing, and (without spoilers) they build on a discovery of what happens on Beechwood Island in a great way. I do not have sisters, but I feel this book captured the complexity of sisterly love, from an outsider's perspective at least.

I am still not the biggest fan of the fairytale aspect, but I just finished the I did not see the plot twist coming!

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emily_10's review against another edition

3.75

emotional sad 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: Complicated

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shesherway's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious sad medium-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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alizardbreath716's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: No

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alealanapemb's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

ms_smith's review against another edition

3.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I don't even know where to start. This book was okay, I guess. Nothing special. It started very slowly for me, I'd say I was rather bored until passing the first 100 pages, which is, again as I mentioned with We Were Liars, almost half of the book. I wouldn't say that this was a bad book to read, but I was waiting for something more to come. I'm the type of person who must connect to and like the characters to some extent to stay invested in the story, but this is not that type of a book. Carrie was neutral for me; sometimes I was annoyed with her, sometimes I thought she was over-dramatic (especially with the parts where Lockhart put unnecessary line breaks...why?!), even sorry for her, but mostly I felt really distant from any of the characters of this book. I guess, maybe this was the writer's intention, but this type of writing just doesn't tick the boxes for me. Again, this wasn't a bad reading experience, but I'll probably forget about it in a couple of weeks.

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bookwormloverofbooks's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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: Complicated

Content Warnings

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