Reviews tagging 'Grief'

משפחה של שקרנים by E. Lockhart, א' לוקהארט

95 reviews

katiedykema's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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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Although Carrie was probably the last Sinclair I expected to read an entire book about, I really enjoyed it. It was a quick read and I appreciate that the writing style and storytelling does not stray from that of We Were Liars. I thought the characters were well developed and realistic; they are incredibly flawed but only doing what they think is best. It was interesting having a backstory on especially Penny. The thing I wished for this book that would have made it more emotionally impactful was fleshing out Rosemary’s character more, specifically

before her death. This would’ve made the flashbacks mean a lot more to the reader.

I also wish this had the back and forth between flashbacks and present day that We Were Liars had because it kept the story engaging. Aside from that, this was a pretty good read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder

smartens's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief

Minor: Alcohol

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

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence

devinaaaa's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

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, Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia

savannahcook's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts

charlotteiisobel's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts

nora13hf's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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, Drug abuse, Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault

criticalbooks's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism