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Family of Liars by E. Lockhart

10 reviews

aidareads's review against another edition

funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.25

i liked this one even bit more than the first one. the style was more polished and more beautiful, and i really enjoyed getting insight into the sisters’ dynamics. again, read this in two sittings. what the fuck. there’s something in lockhart’s books that makes them so fast to read and so addictive

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, and Suicide

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

corabookworm's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I think I actually enjoyed this book a little more than the first, at times. The random bits of poetry were a bit distracting and unnecessary (the writing was prose-like enough already), but E. Lockhart is an amazing author who wrote this mysterious, drama-infused, family-focused story in a gorgeous way. I loved how this book talked about family, and some of the moments between them all (especially towards the end) were absolutely adorable. Highly recommend if you enjoyed the first one or any books like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Body shaming and Murder

Minor: Child death, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Rape, Homophobia, and Self harm

moonbin's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Addiction, Drug abuse, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Child death, Body shaming, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Self harm, Infidelity, Slavery, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

annadevlin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Grief

Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

safety_pin's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child death, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Outing

stormzx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

13+

great book! loved seeing how cadence’s mom and aunts lives during their teenage years.

both the first and second plot twists (harris not being carrie’s biological father and pfeff dying) were predictable to me but i still enjoyed reading them. however, i did not expect the third one (carrie actually being pfeff’s killer).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Suicide, and Self harm

gracegeeks's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, and Slavery

franchesqua_levi's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I read we were liars at the start of this year, it was the book that got me out of my reading slump that lasted years, so of course I had to read the prequel. 

We were liars made me cry so much and for some reason I thought family of liars was basically going to be a copy and paste of we were liars. I was so wrong. This book made me so angry with it that I wanted to toss the book across my room. For the past week, all you could hear coming from my room was, "NO" "HOW DARE YOU!!?" And a lot of screaming. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to feel something, but someone who isn't much of a crier. 

I'm not vey good with trigger warnings, but I would say that some of the main ones are rape and death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Rape, Murder, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Homophobia, and Self harm

criticalbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Addiction, Misogyny, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Self harm, and Rape