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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

146 reviews

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: Child death, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism and Self harm

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

hleary's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

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, Death, and Medical trauma

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

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, and Classism

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

jil_m's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

review with no spoilers.

I absolutely slandered this book. I did not have high hopes at all since I didn't really know what to expect from it. However, I enjoyed it with my whole heart and some of my tears. Some people called it predictable, though I found it to be hard wrenching when I heard what had actually happened. 
I loved the characters of this book as well as the plot. Though I feel as though the people in this book really made the rich kid stereotype quite clear. Something that is a false stereotype, I think. Eitherway I did really felt a connection with me (the reader) and the characters. I especially loved Johnny with his witty expressions. 
The writing style of this novel is great! Especially when you are new to English books and the language. though, I must admit, sometimes I had the feeling that the writer wanted it to be literary and poetic a bit too much. so much unnecessary sentences that didn't make any sense. 
but even with that, it was a lovely book with a great turn of events. 
a solid 4,75 stars from me!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

francess_m's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

rosage's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

actually… what the fuck did i just read?! i’ve never had a book leave me so speechless. i’ve had this book for MONTHS and never read it and now i regret not having read it sooner! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm

jake_mccarthy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

The book is very confusing for the first 50% and really goes nowhere. You will have to sit through it. The second half is better but the twist and climax didn’t hit home for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol