Reviews tagging 'Rape'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

18 reviews

clara_2021's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

THIS BOOK IS NOT MIDDLE GRADE!!! It is maybe 13 and but I would say 14 is youngest. It is HEAVY and deep. It will leave you numb, it throws you through loops, and it is NOT lighthearted. Yet,  this is still a pretty amazing book, but you have been warned.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Child death, Cursing, Alcoholism, Grief, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Minor: Abandonment, Racism, and Rape

shavaunmac's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Animal death

Minor: Racism and Rape

michelle9_433's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Dementia, Rape, and Vomit

phoehems's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Slower beginning and then it all kicked off near the end. A little bit confusing because different timelines are being told at the same time however it was definitely told in a creative and interesting way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape

carleyhall's review

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I found We Were Liars to be a very fast read and a book I did not want to put down. However, I also found it to be quite predictable and it did not deliver the shock I was hoping it would. The writing style is unique, and I actually quite enjoyed it. I’m not sure how I felt about the characters, they felt a bit flat. I’m not a fan of sad books so this one was difficult for me. I feel like I would have enjoyed this book a lot more had I not predicted the twist through certain scenarios. For example,

The liars being present but at a distance when Cadence arrived on the island was to me a dead give away that they were no longer there.

I didn’t hate this book but it definitely was not my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Racism and Rape

tahmida's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

sililium8's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I thought this book was edging me on on topics that I wanted to know more about. The author briefly mentioned topics such as racism, white privilege, and classism. I didn’t quite understand why the author mentioned them without having those conversations. I guess considering <possible spoiler> the ending those conversations couldn’t be had. I also thought the book was kinda slow, it focused heavily on the MC Cady Sinclair and her wading through her memories and remembering them which I personally didn’t like. I did like how the author put what the MC was going through in a fairytale format. It was really creative and told a story without actually confessing anything, which I feel like is very reminiscent of the Sinclair family. There were parts where I wasn’t sure where the MC was being dramatic and where the MC was being serious. She mentions a part where

her dad shoots her??? and then turns out it was a metaphor for him hurting her??? I don’t know I was confused…

. I liked how the book kept me asking questions along with the MC, I spent the whole book trying to figure out what else happened and how it fit in the story. I loved the ending and was not really expecting it and it made me cry so hard. I liked this book and would read it once more in the future to see if I get more of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Dementia, Gaslighting, Racism, and Self harm

Minor: Rape

phoebe20's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Rape