Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Wij leugenaars by E. Lockhart

143 reviews

fabycamurugy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, and Dysphoria

katherinek's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This absolutely tore me into pieces. It was so beautifully written and I didn’t expect the ending at all. The characters felt so real. Some of the metaphors confused me, though, which took away some of the shock factor for the first plot twist for me because I found myself going back trying to figure out if it was real or not. The middle also slows down just a bit, but after the ending I realized why so many of the seemingly unimportant details in the middle were actually so important. This is one I would totally go back and reread to try and find all the clues I missed—

How they never went to dinner, they didn’t want Cady to jump off the rocks, the kids seeing ghosts, none of them receiving her gifts or responding to Cady’s emails, Aunt Carrie walking around at night, the lie about the donut shop, why Grandad kept calling her Mirren, etc etc.

I don’t think a book has ever made me cry as hard as this one did.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Dementia, Drug use, Alcohol, Racism, Death of parent, Classism, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer and Suicidal thoughts

pumpkinbread02's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

the dogs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment, Chronic illness, and Animal death

Minor: Emotional abuse, Racism, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Classism, and Dementia

krystaltyong's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Racism, Dementia, and Toxic relationship

ashleyvharris's review against another edition

dark 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

1.0

This was not fun. I only finished this book because I heard promises of a great twisty ending. It left me feeling meh. Not shocked or outraged or slighted. Just underwhelmed. The whole story felt super pretentious and unrelatable, more like watching an episode of The Kardashians where they’re bitching over shoes that cost more than a tropical vacation. Genuinely do not understand the hype. 

The one thing I will give this book is the RARE representation for chronic illness. I appreciated the portrayal of chronic pain via Cadence’s migraines. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Chronic illness, Dementia, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Classism

chloelj27's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Dementia, Racism, and Animal death

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

chaos_and_chapters's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Child death, Dementia, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Racism

rosemelody's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Listened to this as an audiobook, it’s a page turner and made the drive to quickly. A bit confusing and not the best for a YA rated book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism, Self harm, Blood, Classism, Dementia, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Infidelity, and Animal death