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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

141 reviews

sarah1026's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.75

This book was very confusing. There were many times where it just seemed like the book was lying to me, which makes sense I guess with the title. It was also never clear which timeline we were currently in. The plot twist that I had heard was great was pretty good, the book did get better at the end. <Spoiler> the plot twist was very good. It had me rather shocked, and I liked how we came to realize it with the main character. I am still rather confused on how it worked. How she was interacting with the characters, even kissing them, when they were dead. I also very much did not enjoy the addition of the dogs dying and the description of them waiting for help. I do wish I had heard about that before reading, because it was really rough to read. I also still do not know how she ended up naked in the water. <Spoiler> 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Medical content, Torture, Cursing, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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

spag's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism and Dementia

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

my_plant_library'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Self harm and Alcoholism

mj_hyperfixation_station's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

This book hurt. The writing was beautiful and I fell in love with every main character. I finished this in 2 days and the best way to sum up this book is… it isn’t a comforting cozy nostalgic read it’s more a nostalgia that I didn’t know I needed. It really is a beautiful book that captured my heart and ripped it into two. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Animal death, and Grief

hleary's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Medical trauma, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Death, Animal death, and Alcoholism

cbonn's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Wow I just finished we were liars and the plot twist.. it was predictable but the way it was written made me feel for the liars and right now its 1am and I dont think I'm gonna be able to sleep I'm going to be thinking of this all night. I wish the writing were a little better and the characters were more loveable and diverse but overall I think it deserves 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Medical trauma, and Death

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Blood

ellelockley's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

2.0

It follows the character of Cadence Sinclair Eastman and how her family has affected her as a person. It's very hard to explain in simple terms what this book is about without spoiling anything because it's kind of all over the place. The characters aren't loveable and I don't really connect with any of them, to me Cady was just a girl who didn't understand her privilege and whilst I get that just because you have money doesn't mean you have a good life, I still don't think that's an excuse for the way she acts in this book. I thought Gat was quite an interesting character but there wasn't much too him and I think that could have been explored a bit more. I sort of guessed the ending in the middle of the book which kind of made it a bit boring to read towards the end. I did quite like the style that the book was written in, as it was fast-paced for me but I could still understand what was happening. There is character development to an extent, as the reasons why characters are the way they are, are sort of explained towards the end. I don't think I'd recommend this book to anyone but if you've got it on your TBR list then I think you should give it a go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical trauma, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death of parent, Classism, and Racism

It talks about physical pain as a metaphor for mental pain which can be quite graffic and triggering