Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

84 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

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

3.5

a fun and twisty read with nice characters and very readable language. however it's also a little bit confusing and slightly boring—even, or especially, after having re-read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief and Medical content

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

the_escapist's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Dementia, Classism, Animal death, and Alcohol

am1chen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.75

I know everyone on Tik Tok loves this book, but I thought it was just okay. While the ending was a great twist, I had a hard time connecting to the characters as they weren’t as relatable to me as they might have been to others. I can see why a lot of people love this book, but I just don’t think it was for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Classism, and Death

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, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Racism

em_5460's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

3.5

I loved this book but I really did not expect the twist.

I thought it would be something akin to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, where a killer is revealed to be within their midst. However, it ended up just being a horrific tragedy killing 3 people. That twist was not as fun or exciting, but more depressing. I'm not saying it's bad, it just went a very different direction than I was expecting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Terminal illness, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence

bugzandthingz's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Alcohol, Medical content, Death, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

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

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

kitkatreads_khadeejah's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Racism, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, and Animal death