Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Vi var lögnare by E. Lockhart

72 reviews

sarah1026's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

2.75

This book was very confusing. There were many times where it just seemed like the book was lying to me, which makes sense I guess with the title. It was also never clear which timeline we were currently in. The plot twist that I had heard was great was pretty good, the book did get better at the end. <Spoiler> the plot twist was very good. It had me rather shocked, and I liked how we came to realize it with the main character. I am still rather confused on how it worked. How she was interacting with the characters, even kissing them, when they were dead. I also very much did not enjoy the addition of the dogs dying and the description of them waiting for help. I do wish I had heard about that before reading, because it was really rough to read. I also still do not know how she ended up naked in the water. <Spoiler> 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Self harm, Torture, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

5.0

screaming, crying, banging my head

deserves all the hype it gets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, and Racism

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Grief

rosemelody's review against another edition

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

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

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, and Alcohol

grace_cr1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

zoeeddon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Dementia, Grief, and Classism

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

This book subverted my expectations. It's written kind of weirdly but I liked it. I ended up getting sucked into the mystery of it all pretty quickly. I guessed the ending fairly early on but it would be pretty shocking if you weren't expecting it. This book is best read not knowing much about it.

Things I Liked:

• I love how the characters and story are revealed slowly to allow tension and mystery to build!
• I love how hints to the ending are scattered throughout the story.
• I loved the setting. I wanted more. I could have read about every summer on the island and would have loved it.

Things I Didn't Like:

• The whole amnesia aspect felt like a weird plot device. I didn't hate it because it definitely let the tension build but I'm not sure it really makes a lot of sense.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

injiofthebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, and Alcohol

moonylovesstars's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

The .75 was added because of the ending, I just found the first parts a little boring at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism and Self harm

dhruviii's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Medical content

Minor: Cursing, Blood, and Classism

sailormegan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Review for We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Writing Quality 5/5

The unreliable, first-person narrative has a very poetic, fluid pace to it, and then we are snapped out of the trance by the abrupt and graphic intrusive thoughts of our MC, Cady. It’s believable. Her emotions were written in a way that I could feel them with every intense description, staccato wording, or lyrical paragraph. The relationships between the characters are realistic.  I did not see the plot twist coming until I was there but it made sense and looking back the hints were all there.  Lockhart’s writing made me ache for every single character.

Characters 4/5

Overall the characters are convincing, each showcasing their flaws and strengths. Cady uses beautiful adjectives to describe her group of Liars.  I didn’t give 5 stars only because the Sinclair family is a hyper-rich, snobby family (mostly) that kind of annoyed me.  This obviously is not a fault of the author.  Just my reaction to how well-written and realistic they are. 

Plot 5/5

Unique and riveting. Following Cady on her journey to find out what happened during Summer 15 on Beechwood Island was so intriguing. I was always trying to figure out what happened. And when I thought I had the answer something would come along and change that.  I honestly was not expecting the plot twist, but it made. So. Much. Sense.  

Post-reading Rating 5/5

This is a book I will think about for a long time and recommend to everyone.  I finished this, and then continued reading the author’s annotations because I needed to know how and why and what’s next.  

Who Should Read This

-Can I say everyone? 

Final Rating 4.75/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Sexual assault