Reviews tagging 'Blood'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

85 reviews

the_3bs's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, and Death

akrafi's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Animal death, and Grief

readwmichelle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Classism, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death, Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Medical content, Racism, and Ableism

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Dementia, and Hate crime

Minor: Colonisation, Vomit, Cancer, Death of parent, and Rape

g slur, homelessness, poaching.

rosyc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was amazing! I'm very late to the game and I wasn't so sure how I would like it since I find myself drifting away from YA, but the prose was beautiful and though there isn't a big plot, the story grabs you and it's hard to put the book down. Did not expect this to be so chilling. The repetition, though intentional, did get a little tiring toward the end but that didn't take away from my overall enjoyment of this book.

It also helps that I enjoy ghost stories like The Sixth Sense, which E. Lockhart mentions as an inspiration for this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Sexism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Self harm, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Racism, Blood, and Dementia

naddl0r's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Classism, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, and Abandonment

emjbarnes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Racism

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, and Emotional abuse

c_e_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Racism

niyawright_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

addisonb33's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Self harm, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death and Addiction