Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

51 reviews

profilernewt07's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

2.0

It was an alright read, I detested the main characters inner dialogue and how she was chasing after a boy who was already involved in a relationship. The plot twist wasn’t overall shocking and the foreshadowing was abundantly clear from the start, overall wasn’t great, but wasn’t bad either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

klasterni_tajemstvi's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Alcoholism, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

sina4books's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Drug use, Dementia, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

joanachsf's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, Death, Animal death, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Classism, Grief, Medical trauma, Blood, and Child death

sophiabooks6's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Though the book was very challenging, this is by far one of the greatest things I've ever read. The plot is super captivating and the characters are mostly relatable. I wouldn't recomend the book to anyone who gets confused easily in plots that have very frequent flash backs and often metaphorical writing, but if you can handle those things you'll love this book. It have a very dark tone to it and a plot twist at the end that will completely surprise you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Racism, Classism, Blood, and Animal death

chellebell048's review

emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Child death, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal death

vedpears's review

emotional mysterious 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

4.25

I dont want to give away too much but this was a great quick read! If you like Gossip Girl, this is right in line but with much less of a time commitment. Characters with full personalities, familial politics, class issues, and twisty twists! This would make a great poolside read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Classism, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

readingwithkaitlyn's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death, Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Medical content, Racism, and Ableism

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Dementia, and Hate crime

Minor: Colonisation, Vomit, Cancer, Death of parent, and Rape

g slur, homelessness, poaching.

chandeloo's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.25

rich white people having sadness

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment and Alcoholism

emjbarnes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Racism

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, and Emotional abuse