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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.
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Murder, Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Classism
“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!)
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse
Moderate: Sexual assault, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
“But—”
“We can’t change what’s in the newspaper, so why obsess about it? And we can’t change the past, so why dwell on it?”
- Tipper
Penny is so aaaahhy. I hate her.
Why does the author always needs to do this to me 😭
I know it's done on purpose, but damn how much I hate them all.
I'm quoting: ‘Don’t kiss your sister’s boyfriend, because if you do, you’re a goddamned asshole.’
And Bess is an asshole too for being on Penny's side and not on Caroline's.
Once again lovely writing style. Used to have mixed feelings about it in the first book, but now that it's already my second one, so I got used to it. And the whole metaphors with the grief and other emotions is (just like I said in the first book) very cool.
Am I the only one who noticed that Pfeff was 18 and our protagonist, Carrie was only 17. I'm not sure how to feel about this 😀
Also the dude is such a 'weenie' just like someone else said it in the book.
Their whole relationship is just eh.
I thought this toxic relationship is a one-time thing, does this author always writes about such stuff?? 🥲
I forgot to check the content warning. First time since a while and guess what? I got triggered. Please everyone don't be like me, read the content warnings for this book.
Since my rating is based on enjoyment I would give it 2 stars due to it triggering me, but the story was interesting nevertheless and I think it deserves at least 3.
28. July 2024
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia
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. 🥶)
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
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.
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Alcohol
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail