Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

192 reviews

heathergudaz95's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

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

rebecca_w28's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Before I started reading this book, I read review after review of people saying that the book was written horribly and was hard to follow. Let me tell you something… They were wrong. I loved this book and I thought it had a really interesting perspective. It was like I was reading from inside Cadence’s head and her thoughts. The storyline was unique and the plot twist at the end had me emotional for sure. I guess this was just a reminder to myself that everyone’s opinion is different and that sometimes things can surprise you, because despite many people’s negative reviews, I really loved it and I recommend that you try it as well!
If you liked The Summer of Broken Rules, you might like this one too. It has a similar setting and similar group of characters, but has a unique plot all the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Medical trauma

daley_mckdonald's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death and Gun violence

alixsbooktherapy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious relaxing sad tense slow-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

4.5

I gasped when cadence talked about her accident it broke my heart 
I loved how descriptive the author was for the first few chapters 
"I wanted to go back with a book" me too cadence
Gat flirting was so funny really brought some brightness to the awkwardness
"The universe was good because  he was in it"
My heart hurt for cadence  after she found out gat kept something  from her 
"The universe is seeming really huge right now I need something to hold onto" gat said
"I'm here"
THE KISS YES!! IM SO HAPPY
Granny tipper😭
Mummy should of been nicer and let the kids grieve
How I hated mummy she was a drunk and loved to manipulate her kids I definitely feel this book was overhyped I hope book 2 redeems my hope for this
I feel this book would of been 10x better if it was longer and was more descriptive other then that the end pulled it to together for me
I hated the family and how mommy and granddad were such assholes to the kids and wanted to spilt gat and cadence up just because he's not white like take your racist bullshit elsewhere
We finally learn that Cady didn't hit her head on a swimming injury and it was a fire injury instead.
"I have lost you, gat because of how desperately,desperately I fell in love"
'It's good to be loved even though it will not last"
"Be a little kinder"
"Shut up I'm 10 already"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

crieraylas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, and Blood

lizzylakes's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book made me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, and Blood

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Classism

bookstacksbymad's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma

kotletka_polina's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

I reread it for the prequel. 
I read this book back in 2016 and was confused to see this book blew up on TikTok in 2022?? 
Idk a lot of people have strong feelings about this book, I remember reading it for the first time and I was flabbergasted: the plot twist, the writing style. But I was like 12?? It’s a pretty disturbing and sad book but it’s y/a so idk why people expect it to be great. 
Personally I didn’t quite get the whole point when I read it for the first time, I didn’t understand the ending and overall was pretty much confused for the most part, but reading it now I cried. It’s not the best book I’ve ever read but it’s decent quick read the plays with your head. Nice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Racism, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

rene_reads02's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Plot twist of the century. I really didn’t see it coming a hundred miles away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

florenceassetto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

loved the book, and i will admit that the twist was something i did not see coming! the love between all characters felt so real and so raw and it is something i think was really special 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction and Racism