Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

141 reviews

jordan_noel's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I thought the plot twist in this book was good, and there were a lot of interesting points to think about (e.g., Cast’s grief process and her understand of her own grief, the way the teens think about the Sinclair family wealth, and the family dynamics). 

However, I didn’t feel that I really knew the characters. I knew what Cady felt, but I didn’t know any of their interests and true motivations beyond their love for each other. This made it difficult for me to be engaged in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Death, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Abandonment, Drug use, Alcohol, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Self harm, Racism, and Blood

fcksnotfound's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Grief, Drug use, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Dementia and Death

Minor: Racism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Animal death

warlockdorian's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Medical content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

cristine's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

Just no! The writing in this novel is terrible. Up until 80% of the book nothing meaningful happens. The author’s horrendous use of metaphors to describe migraines is beyond ridiculously annoying and drawn out. The “plot twist” was pretty obvious once the forgotten event is revealed. Summary- obnoxious rich teens are bored and do something beyond stupid. Once suffers migraines and amnesia and spends her 17th summer suddenly remembering things. Bla bla bla - she’s a horrible person as are all of the adults and ps spoiler alert - the dogs die so don’t read this if it pisses you off as much as it does me when authors need to make this part of a novel. Like just stick to people if you must. My eyes are bleeding from reading this - kinda like the unnecessary, exaggerations of how many times Cady was “bleeding”. 

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Content Warnings

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

aidareads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

i read this in two sittings and felt like i was on crack the whole time. i kinda guessed the plot twist, but just because i knew there was one. still, i liked how the author makes use of an unreliable narrator. a solid 4 stars!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Racism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Self harm, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Animal death, Dementia, Alcohol, and Grief

amaramorgenstern's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

4.0

Die Art und Weise, wie das Buch geschrieben wurde, gefällt mir sehr. Allgemein habe ich das Gefühl bekommen, dass dieses Buch für mich alleine geschrieben wurde. Die Teile des Buchs haben mich alle auf ganz unterschiedlicher Art und Weise berührt. Selbst den großen Twist konnte ich nicht vorhersehen. Die Leserin war fantastisch. Im Endeffekt ist das Buch doch sehr traurig - es hat mich zum weinen gebracht. Den zweiten Teil würde ich aber nicht lesen wollen. Ebenso wenig kann ich mir vorstellen, das Buch noch einmal zu lesen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Dementia

brooks_209's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Cursing, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Body horror, Dementia, Grief, and Murder

jaymeelhurst13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

What the heck!? This book has been on my TBR since last year and truth be told, I didn’t think I’d like it! Instead I DID NOT want to put the book down. The plot, the writing and the characters made for a story that was attractive and entertaining!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Dementia, Animal death, Child death, and Rape

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

hermione_gilmore's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.25

The plot at the end was crazaiii, didn’t expect that, but overall not one of the best mysteries I‘ve read. Until the end nothing „really“ happened, like it did kind off when you read the end but it didn’t while reading it.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Dementia