Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

משפחה של שקרנים by E. Lockhart, א' לוקהארט

37 reviews

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious 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: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Rape, Medical content, Grief

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Antisemitism

ekmook's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Classism

laheath's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 This is the prequel to We Were Liars and begins with a spoiler, so definitely read We Were Liars first. Since it had been several years, I reread it prior to beginning Family of Liars and it was just as good as I remembered. This book revisits the Sinclair family from the perspective of the sisters (the moms from We Were Liars), as teenagers. More family secrets are revealed with lots of drama and mystery. We learn how some of the family dynamics developed including the relationships among the sisters and between the sisters and the parents. There's not a twist as huge as in We Were Liars, but several surprising events that made this quite the page-turner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault

mysterymom40's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship

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emilyellen07's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I didn't like this one as much as We Were Liars. The MCs were mostly unlikable and the supernatural element was weird and unnecessary. It was still a good book but nowhere near as good as the first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual assault

missrosymaplemoth's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Murder

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault