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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

13 reviews

mmlover's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I got only halfway through the book and it is not appropriate for ages under 14. I heard that the farther you go the more inappropriate it gets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Cursing, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Vomit, Addiction, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Racism, and Sexual content

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Child death, Racism, and Dementia

Minor: Sexual content and Alcoholism

theotheleo's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Rape, and Infidelity

morgcailie's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

2.5

What the fuck did I just read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual content

rosemelody's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Listened to this as an audiobook, it’s a page turner and made the drive to quickly. A bit confusing and not the best for a YA rated book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism, Self harm, Blood, Classism, Dementia, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Infidelity, and Animal death

zoemain's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

STOP. THE PLOT TWIST! 
So, for the first half of the novel I was thinking: “Why am I reading a novel about a random rich chic wallowing around a private island?”
And some of that thinking did stick around to the end. Cadence, the protagonist, doesn’t stop lolling about and being miserable. In addition to this missing character development I found a lack of intrigue in the love interest. Gat was boring. Apart from these two things I didn’t have any issues with the text.
My best friend said the book was incredible, so being the faithful best friend I am, I persisted through Cadence’s sulking.
Then halfway through there was this sudden intrigue. I was completely immersed, particularly in the family dynamics. I didn’t put the book down until I reached the plot twist and understood why my best friend loved the story.
I would definitely recommend this book to pull yourself out of a reading slump!
Note: the writing in this novel
is randomly and 
consistently disjointed
like 
this.
If that’ll bother you, don’t read!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content and Homophobia

westernlily's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

With a book this popular, I had very high expectations… and they were met.

The first three chapters had me hooked. Although, three chapters in this book was close to six or seven pages.

The description of the family painted a vivid picture of stereotypical large, rich families. Alas, the Sinclairs had their good moments as well as their snooty ones.

The writing style peeved me because
quite a few
sentences
were 
written in this way,
and
it
went on
and on
and
on.

Because of this, the book also went by a bit faster. I read it within 24-hours and still recall many of the events that took place.

Around the middle of the book cursing became more frequent and it seemed as if every other page had an f-bomb. It wasn’t even an exclamation out of surprise or excitement, it was just written into the middle of a sentence.

I will say that the plot twist is the best I’ve ever seen. Occasionally, these things are expected but this one came out of left field and hit me in the face.

Overall, I give We Were Liars 4.5⭐️

10/10 would recommend as a mystery, drama, and quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol and Racism

Minor: Sexual content

_eleanorgreen8_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I bought this book a while ago and got about halfway through, before giving up on it. I picked it up again several months later, and was really confused as to why I'd ever stopped reading it. The writing is mysterious yet engaging and descriptive. I did find the overall mood of the book a bit depressing, but couldn't stop reading once I'd started again. and I'm so glad I did, because the ending was definitely worth it. despite having gone back to the book half way through and therefore not really knowing what was going on, the ending was so emotional and painful that I cried. now that I've read the whole thing, I really wish I'd appreciated and persevered with the book more to begin with. I'll probably reread it at some point to absorb the full meaning, as this was a really dark and original book that I'd definitely recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol and Death

Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, and Sexual content

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

nisha_23's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual content