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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

22 reviews

e_hng's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Child death, Death, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Animal death

michelle9_433's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Dementia, Rape, and Vomit

souvlakisuperfan's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

i would’ve liked it more if it wasn’t for the insufferable hype surrounding this book. i felt like in my entire experience i was waiting for the plot twist, looking between every sentence to see if i could find foreshadowing. still, even without the hype, i felt the writing to be corny and juvenile sometimes. not juvenile in an immature way, but in the way where i could tell the writer was trying to be “deep” and sound mysterious and professional. the characters were the strength of this book. the relationship between gat and cadence was the only thing really pulling me back to it. i didn’t find the plot twist to shock me as much as i was hoping. i did not throw my book across the room. i see the appeal and i can understand why some people adore it so much. everyone gets shocked to varying degrees and although i wasn’t extremely surprised i see that some people could find the twist more unpredictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Blood, Racism, and Vomit

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

This book is hyped up so much everywhere and I didn't like it at all. The writing style is so over the top (every time the main character meets even a minor setback she's like "then he turned into a bear and shot me in the face"), the characters have one trait each, and the way the author can't seem to decide whether these characters’ obscene wealth is embarrassing or aspirational and kind of tries to do both drove me nuts. (The dismissive comments in the afterward about Cady’s "marxism" do suggest a few things though...)

I thought this was a thriller from the blurb but nothing happens and the twist is beyond stupid. (Also I have no idea how the character got out of the situation revealed in the twist without any injuries that would be noticeable months later even if she did have amnesia.) I don't think this book had any redeeming qualities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, and Racism

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Self harm, Sexual content, and Vomit

fugothi's review

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

hglbooks1's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Child death

Minor: Vomit

camillesuzannes's review

mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Dementia, Drug use, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit

moonbeam_erin's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Death

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Vomit, Grief, Drug use, and Dementia

readalongwithnat's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

This book made me cry and was also one of the most fun books I've read this year. Hooked me right from the start and kept me guessing right to the very end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Vomit and Blood

Harry Potter mention

crunchycrystals's review

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Drug use and Vomit