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dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Rape, Grief, Murder
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 howCarrie 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. 🥶)
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. 😅
Despite the fact that I’ve read this book three times now,
The only specific thing that I don’t like about this book is how
But overall, I really like this book and it’s made me really excited for summer! ☀️ (Despite the fact that it’s February. 🥶)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Alcohol, Classism
Minor: Cursing, Slavery
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Grief
Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder
Minor: Homophobia
dark
mysterious
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:
Complicated
This was interesting but then got so boring and slow towards the end and generally is was pretty basic
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol
Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Murder
Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia
dark
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder
Moderate: Rape, Violence
Minor: Homophobia, Antisemitism
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use
Minor: Rape
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really enjoyed reading this book and I personally thought it was much better than We Were Liars. Age 14+
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual harassment
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
It was a good distraction book. I read we are liars soo long ago I actually don't remember what happened in that story. <I know some people died lol.>
I liked this book it had great descriptions of what I imagine an all-American summer to be and I loved the imagery of the island and the intense descriptions of food and the parties was soo fun and I loved that. These descriptions were frequent, but it set the tone for each scene and made everything seem soo real.
Now on to the meat and potatoes.
<WILD. I completely forgot this was a ghost story. And the concept of ghosts in this story is soo strange but I do remember in We Were Liars there being tangible touchable ghosts lol. Lemme say everyone in this family is soo unlikeable. They are pretentious and frivolous and self-involved rich white people, and I like that in a way Carrie is aware of that. Idk man, she tried to seem like "aww I moved to the city and changed and made jewelry and have a job and I have a roommate and I'm woke now"...girl, get real. Coming from money like she and Yardley do leaves a mark you can't erase by trying to play poor in the city.
"dont pretend you wouldn't hurt anyone"
The bait and switch between what Carrie pretended happened and what actually happened was wild. I do feel sorry for Carrie about Pfeff being a playboy. At first, I was like girl let this man enjoy his summer he is just playing around and you should be too, but I knew something bad was gonna happen as soon as the first "please, please, please" part happened. That was a couple of "please" too many -_-. The fact Carrie wanted this man soo desperately was IMO purely a mix of hormones and all the pills she was taking because he annoyed me. His end was deserved but not really because Carrie didn't even care about helping her sister she was just insane and high. I guess there was nothing else to talk about and that's why he disappeared. I guess he knew they'd never see eye to eye...I wonder if he ever truly left the island because there is no way he is content with what happened despite it 100% being his fault. This family is soo fucked up. I wanted just ONNNE more scenes with the sisters as adults and I wanted them to duke it out a lil bit but based on who they are they never will.>
All in all, I enjoyed this book it was seamless and tight. A little mundane, and the ghosts were soo unexplained and weird. Like how are they tangible?Will I read it again? Probably not, but I will re-read we are liars to get the nuggets in here that i missed.
I liked this book it had great descriptions of what I imagine an all-American summer to be and I loved the imagery of the island and the intense descriptions of food and the parties was soo fun and I loved that. These descriptions were frequent, but it set the tone for each scene and made everything seem soo real.
Now on to the meat and potatoes.
<WILD. I completely forgot this was a ghost story. And the concept of ghosts in this story is soo strange but I do remember in We Were Liars there being tangible touchable ghosts lol. Lemme say everyone in this family is soo unlikeable. They are pretentious and frivolous and self-involved rich white people, and I like that in a way Carrie is aware of that. Idk man, she tried to seem like "aww I moved to the city and changed and made jewelry and have a job and I have a roommate and I'm woke now"...girl, get real. Coming from money like she and Yardley do leaves a mark you can't erase by trying to play poor in the city.
"dont pretend you wouldn't hurt anyone"
The bait and switch between what Carrie pretended happened and what actually happened was wild. I do feel sorry for Carrie about Pfeff being a playboy. At first, I was like girl let this man enjoy his summer he is just playing around and you should be too, but I knew something bad was gonna happen as soon as the first "please, please, please" part happened. That was a couple of "please" too many -_-. The fact Carrie wanted this man soo desperately was IMO purely a mix of hormones and all the pills she was taking because he annoyed me. His end was deserved but not really because Carrie didn't even care about helping her sister she was just insane and high. I guess there was nothing else to talk about and that's why he disappeared. I guess he knew they'd never see eye to eye...I wonder if he ever truly left the island because there is no way he is content with what happened despite it 100% being his fault. This family is soo fucked up. I wanted just ONNNE more scenes with the sisters as adults and I wanted them to duke it out a lil bit but based on who they are they never will.>
All in all, I enjoyed this book it was seamless and tight. A little mundane, and the ghosts were soo unexplained and weird. Like how are they tangible?Will I read it again? Probably not, but I will re-read we are liars to get the nuggets in here that i missed.
Content Warnings
Minor: Drug abuse, Sexual assault
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment