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משפחה של שקרנים by E. Lockhart, א' לוקהארט

37 reviews

pau_line's review against another edition

3.75

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

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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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

“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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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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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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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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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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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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shaunasbookshelf's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I did read this on about 3 hrs of sleep so that could be affecting my rating. I read the first book a couple of years ago and didn't re read so take that as you will but I liked the first book a lot more. I enjoyed the twists in it and it shocked me. This one I enjoyed less. I didn't find the storyline to be particularly gripping and I didn't like any of the characters much apart from Tipper. Overall it was fine but I expected more from it based on the first book.

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bookshelfofbee's review against another edition

4.5

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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annamwallace66's review against another edition

4.0

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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