Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

165 reviews

hermione_gilmore's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

The plot at the end was crazaiii, didn’t expect that, but overall not one of the best mysteries I‘ve read. Until the end nothing „really“ happened, like it did kind off when you read the end but it didn’t while reading it.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Dementia

ariak07's review

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

OK SO I WAS GOING TO ONLY GIVE THIS BOOK FOUR STARS CAUSE I WASNT FEELING IT REALLY TOWARDS THE END BUT WHEN I GOT TO THE LAST FEW PAGES I WAS IN TEARS SOBBED ON MY PAGES GOD MY BOOK HAS TEARS STAINS IN IT AND MY FACE HURT AFTER SOBBING GOD.

anyway, any book that can make me cry

Spoiler

(mostly cause i felt so attached to these characters and their ending was depressing)

deserves 5 stars imp.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Classism, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Cursing, and Suicidal thoughts

crhea03's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Classism, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit and Self harm

cinnamonghostie's review

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? No

2.5

This book made my brain hurt

Spoiler

First off, why did they light the fire from inside the house? I don't care how drunk you are, you can't be that stupid! The author failed to convince me that the Sinclair Family was ever a rich and prestigious family. The grandpa seems so fake. In one chapter he's all happy-go-lucky and in the next he's threatening his own family, I don't know what his superior motive with the Sinclairs even is. The ending was so out of nowhere. I don't know how someone can hallucinate their friends to that extent. And to blame it on the medicine? What kind of medicine was Cadence taking? I think her doctors are drug dealers. Sorry if this review makes no sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

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

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

irisvdn's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The first half of the book I had no clue what was going on or what the plot was. But around halfway I got it and I couldn't put it down. The ending was unexpected, not sure if I liked it but it was good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Child death, Animal death, Alcoholism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

kayleejanes's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and 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