Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

12 reviews

amaramorgenstern's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

Die Art und Weise, wie das Buch geschrieben wurde, gefällt mir sehr. Allgemein habe ich das Gefühl bekommen, dass dieses Buch für mich alleine geschrieben wurde. Die Teile des Buchs haben mich alle auf ganz unterschiedlicher Art und Weise berührt. Selbst den großen Twist konnte ich nicht vorhersehen. Die Leserin war fantastisch. Im Endeffekt ist das Buch doch sehr traurig - es hat mich zum weinen gebracht. Den zweiten Teil würde ich aber nicht lesen wollen. Ebenso wenig kann ich mir vorstellen, das Buch noch einmal zu lesen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Dementia

fionamatilda's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, and Toxic friendship

sophie42's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Grief, and Child death

Minor: Animal death

g4bby's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Drug use

clara_2021's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

THIS BOOK IS NOT MIDDLE GRADE!!! It is maybe 13 and but I would say 14 is youngest. It is HEAVY and deep. It will leave you numb, it throws you through loops, and it is NOT lighthearted. Yet,  this is still a pretty amazing book, but you have been warned.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Child death, Cursing, Alcoholism, Grief, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Minor: Abandonment, Racism, and Rape

abbie_lever's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This book is one of the most shocking amazing books I have read,

Spoiler

The ending was truly shocking and had me mind blown for ages after, I still can’t believe it and I read it first 2 years ago

The character development in this book is amazing and how you start to learn little things as the book continues is amazing. It does take you by surprise the only thing I can say is that it is slightly slow in the beginning but it quickly picks up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

lucys_library's review

mysterious sad medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Animal death, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, and Racism

agnes_reads's review

Because the book was very confusing to understand and the characters were annoying. And nothing made sense I had to read a page like 5 times to understand anything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

eleyasolyn's review

emotional mysterious sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Mental illness

5aru's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I think this is the first time I don’t really like any of the protagonists of a book, yet I’m compelled to keep reading anyway.

Honestly, the Liars were all assholes in different ways. Cady and Mirren were alright as people, but too blinded by their privilege and their sheltered lives to be truly likeable; Johnny was just a straight up arse, with very few redemptive moments, and Gat… Gat would’ve been a great character if only his treatment as an outcast had been explored better — perhaps if he’d held Cady accountable for being wilfully blind to her family’s racism and treatment of him. As a result, I didn’t very much care what happened to them — but kept reading anyway, because the way it was written just hooked me. Although the plot twist wasn’t bad at all, it felt only slightly cheap; the writing was definitely the strongest point about this one, with the author’s descriptions being so lush and evocative, and the characters being well fleshed-out through their relationships with Cady, although it could’ve been useful to show who they really were apart from their relationships with Cady. The family relationships in particular were exceptionally well-portrayed: although sometimes it felt a little like you should feel sorry for these incredibly rich and privileged people, I’m sure many will recognize the complete emotional deafness and constant silencing which reign over the Sinclairs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, and Chronic illness