Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

16 reviews

crieraylas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.5

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny, Blood, Infidelity, and Rape

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

---

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

---

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.

imaginefishes's review

mysterious reflective medium-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

3.5

I hated the Sinclairs — good characterisation of the rich and the inheritance wars that come about because of their fortune. I liked Gat. Because the story unfolds like it’s revealing clues (to a mystery you don’t understand), the plot twist at the end hits you like a truck.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

rosemelody's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Listened to this as an audiobook, it’s a page turner and made the drive to quickly. A bit confusing and not the best for a YA rated book. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism, Self harm, Blood, Classism, Dementia, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Infidelity, and Animal death

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Addiction, and Racism

daniellafrella's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder, Addiction, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol, Racism, and Infidelity

rayne_1906's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

1 hour 42 minutes - This book has had very mixed reviews and I can understand why. The writing is very confusing and jumbled, making it hard to follow the plot, what is flashback and what is currently happening, and features an incredibly unreliable narrator. However, within the context of the story, this makes sense. Not much seems to happen, but again, this is an intentional choice on the part of the author. However, this doesn't detract from the fact that certain points of this book were a little dull and repetitive. On the other hand, once the truth started to unravel, it was very engaging (although still confusing). Hence, I myself have mixed feelings about this book.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Grief, Racism, and Drug use

Minor: Misogyny, Alcohol, Classism, and Infidelity

becca_w_'s review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, and Toxic relationship

ellensmith's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I did not see the ending coming and its heartbreaking. What a sad, beautiful book. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Terminal illness