Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

8 reviews

alixsbooktherapy's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I gasped when cadence talked about her accident it broke my heart 
I loved how descriptive the author was for the first few chapters 
"I wanted to go back with a book" me too cadence
Gat flirting was so funny really brought some brightness to the awkwardness
"The universe was good because  he was in it"
My heart hurt for cadence  after she found out gat kept something  from her 
"The universe is seeming really huge right now I need something to hold onto" gat said
"I'm here"
THE KISS YES!! IM SO HAPPY
Granny tipper😭
Mummy should of been nicer and let the kids grieve
How I hated mummy she was a drunk and loved to manipulate her kids I definitely feel this book was overhyped I hope book 2 redeems my hope for this
I feel this book would of been 10x better if it was longer and was more descriptive other then that the end pulled it to together for me
I hated the family and how mommy and granddad were such assholes to the kids and wanted to spilt gat and cadence up just because he's not white like take your racist bullshit elsewhere
We finally learn that Cady didn't hit her head on a swimming injury and it was a fire injury instead.
"I have lost you, gat because of how desperately,desperately I fell in love"
'It's good to be loved even though it will not last"
"Be a little kinder"
"Shut up I'm 10 already"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Ableism, Violence, Rape, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Suicide, Addiction, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Torture, Sexual content, Self harm, and Pregnancy

theresacordova's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was AMAZING. The author really showed the growth of and between characters.

The plot twist was written FLAWLESSLY.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Grief, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Alcohol and Addiction

ksamaine95's review

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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Drug use

Minor: Racism, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

thatbookbitch's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Medical content, Racism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Dementia and Blood

em_5460'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I loved this book but I really did not expect the twist.

I thought it would be something akin to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, where a killer is revealed to be within their midst. However, it ended up just being a horrific tragedy killing 3 people. That twist was not as fun or exciting, but more depressing. I'm not saying it's bad, it just went a very different direction than I was expecting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Terminal illness, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

salatwaffel's review

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, and Terminal illness

Minor: Addiction and Blood

madison1239's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Racism