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jillcantstaystill's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Sexual assault and Ableism
sabrinaslivingliterature's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Drug use, Child death, Rape, and Death
violet_viper's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Murder and Sexual assault
Minor: Homophobia
chloerom's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Sexual assault
aseel_reads's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
This was interesting but then got so boring and slow towards the end and generally is was pretty basic
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Death, Infidelity, Child death, and Murder
Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia
kotletka_polina's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
It was a good read. Nothing spectacular, nothing outstanding but a decent book when you don’t want to be overwhelmed. The story flows quickly, it’s catchy and entertaining but without anxiety or feeling like you can’t put the book down.
The only issue is the writing style. It’s exactly the same as in “we were liars” but it has a different narrator. I believe that when you write from the first person perspective the writing style is no longer yours as the author but theirs as the character therefore having the same styles/techniques is just lazy, boring and cheap thing to do that.
The only issue is the writing style. It’s exactly the same as in “we were liars” but it has a different narrator. I believe that when you write from the first person perspective the writing style is no longer yours as the author but theirs as the character therefore having the same styles/techniques is just lazy, boring and cheap thing to do that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Addiction, Drug use, Child death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Minor: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Blood
revremishores's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
relaxing
sad
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? Yes
5.0
I absolutely loved this sequel to We Were Liars.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, and Child death
emir214's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-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
3.25
This family is so messed up. The We Were Liars characters never stood a chance. Just burn the whole island down.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Murder
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual assault
pianoplayer279's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I really enjoyed reading this book and I personally thought it was much better than We Were Liars. Age 14+
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual assault, and Rape
nights_in_the_rain's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-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
3.0
It was a good distraction book. I read we are liars soo long ago I actually don't remember what happened in that story. <I know some people died lol.>
I liked this book it had great descriptions of what I imagine an all-American summer to be and I loved the imagery of the island and the intense descriptions of food and the parties was soo fun and I loved that. These descriptions were frequent, but it set the tone for each scene and made everything seem soo real.
Now on to the meat and potatoes.
<WILD. I completely forgot this was a ghost story. And the concept of ghosts in this story is soo strange but I do remember in We Were Liars there being tangible touchable ghosts lol. Lemme say everyone in this family is soo unlikeable. They are pretentious and frivolous and self-involved rich white people, and I like that in a way Carrie is aware of that. Idk man, she tried to seem like "aww I moved to the city and changed and made jewelry and have a job and I have a roommate and I'm woke now"...girl, get real. Coming from money like she and Yardley do leaves a mark you can't erase by trying to play poor in the city.
"dont pretend you wouldn't hurt anyone"
The bait and switch between what Carrie pretended happened and what actually happened was wild. I do feel sorry for Carrie about Pfeff being a playboy. At first, I was like girl let this man enjoy his summer he is just playing around and you should be too, but I knew something bad was gonna happen as soon as the first "please, please, please" part happened. That was a couple of "please" too many -_-. The fact Carrie wanted this man soo desperately was IMO purely a mix of hormones and all the pills she was taking because he annoyed me. His end was deserved but not really because Carrie didn't even care about helping her sister she was just insane and high. I guess there was nothing else to talk about and that's why he disappeared. I guess he knew they'd never see eye to eye...I wonder if he ever truly left the island because there is no way he is content with what happened despite it 100% being his fault. This family is soo fucked up. I wanted just ONNNE more scenes with the sisters as adults and I wanted them to duke it out a lil bit but based on who they are they never will.>
All in all, I enjoyed this book it was seamless and tight. A little mundane, and the ghosts were soo unexplained and weird. Like how are they tangible?Will I read it again? Probably not, but I will re-read we are liars to get the nuggets in here that i missed.
I liked this book it had great descriptions of what I imagine an all-American summer to be and I loved the imagery of the island and the intense descriptions of food and the parties was soo fun and I loved that. These descriptions were frequent, but it set the tone for each scene and made everything seem soo real.
Now on to the meat and potatoes.
<WILD. I completely forgot this was a ghost story. And the concept of ghosts in this story is soo strange but I do remember in We Were Liars there being tangible touchable ghosts lol. Lemme say everyone in this family is soo unlikeable. They are pretentious and frivolous and self-involved rich white people, and I like that in a way Carrie is aware of that. Idk man, she tried to seem like "aww I moved to the city and changed and made jewelry and have a job and I have a roommate and I'm woke now"...girl, get real. Coming from money like she and Yardley do leaves a mark you can't erase by trying to play poor in the city.
"dont pretend you wouldn't hurt anyone"
The bait and switch between what Carrie pretended happened and what actually happened was wild. I do feel sorry for Carrie about Pfeff being a playboy. At first, I was like girl let this man enjoy his summer he is just playing around and you should be too, but I knew something bad was gonna happen as soon as the first "please, please, please" part happened. That was a couple of "please" too many -_-. The fact Carrie wanted this man soo desperately was IMO purely a mix of hormones and all the pills she was taking because he annoyed me. His end was deserved but not really because Carrie didn't even care about helping her sister she was just insane and high. I guess there was nothing else to talk about and that's why he disappeared. I guess he knew they'd never see eye to eye...I wonder if he ever truly left the island because there is no way he is content with what happened despite it 100% being his fault. This family is soo fucked up. I wanted just ONNNE more scenes with the sisters as adults and I wanted them to duke it out a lil bit but based on who they are they never will.>
All in all, I enjoyed this book it was seamless and tight. A little mundane, and the ghosts were soo unexplained and weird. Like how are they tangible?Will I read it again? Probably not, but I will re-read we are liars to get the nuggets in here that i missed.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault and Drug abuse