Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

44 reviews

maddiela's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Addiction, Child death, and Grief

a_wren_that_reads's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Ableism, and Addiction

Minor: Drug abuse

besotted's review against another edition

The main character has very big "I'm not like other girls" energy, in a very difficult to read kind of way.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Medical content

theotheleo's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Rape, and Infidelity

readingwithkaitlyn's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death, Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Medical content, Racism, and Ableism

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Dementia, and Hate crime

Minor: Colonisation, Vomit, Cancer, Death of parent, and Rape

g slur, homelessness, poaching.

rosyc's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was amazing! I'm very late to the game and I wasn't so sure how I would like it since I find myself drifting away from YA, but the prose was beautiful and though there isn't a big plot, the story grabs you and it's hard to put the book down. Did not expect this to be so chilling. The repetition, though intentional, did get a little tiring toward the end but that didn't take away from my overall enjoyment of this book.

It also helps that I enjoy ghost stories like The Sixth Sense, which E. Lockhart mentions as an inspiration for this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Sexism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Self harm, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Racism, Blood, and Dementia

randirush's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

this basically had no plot and was pretty boring, but the ending made it somewhat worth it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Dementia

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Drug abuse

fabycamurugy's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, and Dysphoria

chaos_and_chapters's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Child death, Dementia, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Racism

grace_cr1's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Addiction, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief