Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

36 reviews

thesawyerbean's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Damn, what a story. A very intoxicating tale, filled with intrigue and deceit with an explosive climax. 
I however did not like the writing style very much - it was disjointed which made reading it feel quite awkward.
Otherwise, a must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, and Animal death

lucys_library's review

mysterious sad medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Animal death, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, and Racism

emmichen's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

3.5

i liked the writing of the book because it was very poetic at first, but after a while it got kind of confusing and i forgot what happened when i stopped reading. my biggest problem with this book was that the characters weren’t likeable to me, because i didn’t really get to know know them. the author described their personalities a lot, but failed to truly show them through their actions. also, i didn’t really like the main character.. i thought it was really interesting how she gave away all her stuff, but lockhart didn’t get into depth enough of why she was doing it (a little, but not enough). the aunts were always fighting, but there was no internal conflict, no explanation of their feelings. it was all out of cady’s perspective and she failed to understand anyone else’s emotions but her own. 
due to all of this, the ending was not really meaningful. it was obviously shocking and sad, but it seemed very shallow because of the way i perceived the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug use

haleyscomet_'s review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

e_hng's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Child death, Death, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Animal death

ivknjige80's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Child death

lillyskyemily's review

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Could not put this book down.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts

oakleylynch's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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

Minor: Alcohol

sofiii_pe's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Murder

Moderate: Racism and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Racial slurs and Sexual assault

natalliajayne's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death