Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

173 reviews

emmichen's review against another edition

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

Minor: Drug use

agnes_reads's review against another edition

Because the book was very confusing to understand and the characters were annoying. And nothing made sense I had to read a page like 5 times to understand anything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

katherineroseamber's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

onlyeveralex's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The book overall was really good but it was sadder than i thought it would be and the ending was like of bad. but overall not to bad for a book-tok book. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

suzannah's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Racism and Dementia

phoehems's review against another edition

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: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape

thehollyking's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

junkxe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

elizabethpowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

jennaxbakos's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Dementia, and Medical trauma

Minor: Cursing