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משפחה של שקרנים by E. Lockhart, א' לוקהארט

159 reviews

tourmaline1703's review against another edition

4.75

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

We Were Liars is one of my favourite books of all time, so I was very excited to revisit this world in its prequel. Safe to say, I wasn't disappointed. I will say that the shock factor is less than We Were Liars so don't expect such a big twist but there are still twists and turns along the way. They're not necessarily predictable just shock you in a different way.

I love the summery setting of this novel, it's really made the nice weather today feel like the start of summer. Usually summery novels have this sense of perfection and happiness, but this novel uses the summery setting to create a false sense of security which I love!

It's unconventional but I love the way the novel is written and structured. The use of fairytales to reflect the protagonist's story is really interesting and of course, the whole premise is based on the fact she is an unreliable narrator, which is what adds to the twists. At times, some things felt like they were typos which did throw me off a bit but they could be part of the dialect.

I felt the plot was well paced and I liked the twists and turns. The mystery and romance blend creates a great set up for the storyline. The characters were interesting and I wanted to know their motives, their relationships and what happened next. None of these characters are particularly good people but they're interesting and flawed, making it a good read.

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oldemort's review against another edition

4.0

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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maevejk's review against another edition

4.0

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: Complicated

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violet_viper's review against another edition

3.0

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

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aseel_reads's review against another edition

2.0

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

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demartinodoc's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

Such a good prequel that I immediately dove into a re-read of We Were Liars. It’s impossible for me to not get so involved with the insane lives of the Sinclairs every time

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kotletka_polina's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

It was a good read. Nothing spectacular, nothing outstanding but a decent book when you don’t want to be overwhelmed. The story flows quickly, it’s catchy and entertaining but without anxiety or feeling like you can’t put the book down.
The only issue is the writing style. It’s exactly the same as in “we were liars” but it has a different narrator. I believe that when you write from the first person perspective the writing style is no longer yours as the author but theirs as the character therefore having the same styles/techniques is just lazy, boring and cheap thing to do that.

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