Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Family of Liars by E. Lockhart

67 reviews

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

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

2.0

This was garbage, but still not the worst thing I’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Body horror, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Child death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

kkuecker218's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Grief, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, and Drug abuse

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Wow. Just WOW. I loved it much more than I thought. Maybe more than the 1st one. An eye for an eye. A son for a son. Carrie killed Pfeff, causing his mother and father to lose their first born. And years later, she suffered from the same fate. I didn’t expect the twist but I spoiled it for myself anyway, it was surprisingly not shocking. She did say she was a liar. Bro and penny. Ugh, forcing herself to be straight. Wow. The book was heartbreaking, especially considering the people they become. Which isn’t too great, but it makes sense now why they are the way they are. BRO THE DAD HELPED THEM COVER UP THE MURDER. HE TOOK THE BOARD. Ugh Carrie is also an unreliable narrator just like Candace was. Fuck bro. And don’t get me started on Rosemary. She saw her for 5 summers. Her baby sister that drowned. Ugh. I wish penny could be out. I just want people to be happy in this book, but literally no one is ever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Vomit, Cursing, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Colonisation, Gore, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Blood, Classism, Grief, Alcohol, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Gaslighting, Body horror, and Sexual assault

sam_calus's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-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

5.0

Ouch I love it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Classism, Murder, Suicide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, and Self harm

kccool12255's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

Though I was a bit apprehensive about Carrie being the star of our story, I believe that this prequel absolutely lives up to the original novel. Cadence has a very unique voice, easy to follow along with, and Carrie’s has much of that same tone. I enjoyed the boys in the story

(except for Pfeff, of course)

. I love the plot, and didn’t expect any of the plot twists that came. I DO think that Bess could’ve been included more,

and the whole Pfeff-Penny-r*pe storyline made me uncomfortable . And sorry, but I don’t think that Penny’s bi (if she stuffed it down, fine, but I just don’t think it fits up with her character, sorry)

. Ending could’ve been better. Overall though, an amazing experience. 

I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys the first book, and murder mysteries.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Child death, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Biphobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Cursing, Blood, and Vomit

dewalt335's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

E. Lockhart knows how to write a story to capture the audience. This was another quick read for me simply because I was interested in the story. I think I was able to put the mystery together a little more than ‘We Were Liars”, maybe because I read “We Were Liars” first, maybe for other reasons, but it was still good. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol and Violence

katelynndzindzio's review

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Drug use, Gaslighting, Death, Alcohol, Addiction, Blood, Sexual assault, and Drug abuse

lucylynham_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Rape

sabrinaplug28's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

book_addict's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Physical abuse, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Murder, Infidelity, Medical content, and Child death