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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

131 reviews

wonderlandiful's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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: Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Addiction and Blood

cadesreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

fabycamurugy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, and Dysphoria

yotsuba's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

I read this book in one evening, I didn’t mind the writing style as I saw some people complaining. The end was really emotional, I didn’t predict that at all and it hit me hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Animal death, and Grief

Minor: Racism

katherinek's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

This absolutely tore me into pieces. It was so beautifully written and I didn’t expect the ending at all. The characters felt so real. Some of the metaphors confused me, though, which took away some of the shock factor for the first plot twist for me because I found myself going back trying to figure out if it was real or not. The middle also slows down just a bit, but after the ending I realized why so many of the seemingly unimportant details in the middle were actually so important. This is one I would totally go back and reread to try and find all the clues I missed—

How they never went to dinner, they didn’t want Cady to jump off the rocks, the kids seeing ghosts, none of them receiving her gifts or responding to Cady’s emails, Aunt Carrie walking around at night, the lie about the donut shop, why Grandad kept calling her Mirren, etc etc.

I don’t think a book has ever made me cry as hard as this one did.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Dementia, Drug use, Alcohol, Racism, Death of parent, Classism, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer and Suicidal thoughts

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

5.0

screaming, crying, banging my head

deserves all the hype it gets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, Animal death, Chronic illness, and Death

Minor: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Medical content, and Alcoholism

iuvmoonie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, and Racism

Moderate: Drug use and Classism

imaginefishes's review against another edition

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.

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

grace_cr1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Minor: Racism, Addiction, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

lizzygreene's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Chronic illness

Moderate: Drug use