Reviews tagging 'Grief'

משפחה של שקרנים by E. Lockhart, א' לוקהארט

94 reviews

kayleejanes's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship

book_addict's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Alcohol

corabookworm's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I think I actually enjoyed this book a little more than the first, at times. The random bits of poetry were a bit distracting and unnecessary (the writing was prose-like enough already), but E. Lockhart is an amazing author who wrote this mysterious, drama-infused, family-focused story in a gorgeous way. I loved how this book talked about family, and some of the moments between them all (especially towards the end) were absolutely adorable. Highly recommend if you enjoyed the first one or any books like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Murder

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury

mororke's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

moony__3's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark lighthearted reflective tense fast-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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such a good book, loved the vibe. didn't love the ending thoughhj

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Body shaming, Homophobia

kibberbl's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Misogyny

Minor: Slavery, Suicide, Antisemitism

katherinek's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Grief

literaryliaisons's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

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, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Homophobia

moonbin's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

siennabea's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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So I did quite like this book. I really did prefer the main character (Carrie) over Cadence ( from We Were Liars) because I felt like she had a stronger, more memorable character than Cadence. I really did prefer this book. I just felt like it had a better plot and cast of characters. I did enjoy seeing how the sisters were together as, seeing how I am a sister myself, it was more real then anything else I have read.
I also think though that the romance was a little odd, like not completely finished. I just didn't really feel anything. I did enjoy seeing more about why the Aunties were how they were, I just wish we could have seen why Harris or Tipper are how they are. Maybe, in the future, there could be another prequel, but maybe in Tippers POV.
Thank you for reading my short but hopefully helpful review 😊. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Blood

There is murder and a brief mention of rape