Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

We Were Liars - Solange wir lügen by E. Lockhart

96 reviews

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

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

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

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

g slur, homelessness, poaching.

rosyc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was amazing! I'm very late to the game and I wasn't so sure how I would like it since I find myself drifting away from YA, but the prose was beautiful and though there isn't a big plot, the story grabs you and it's hard to put the book down. Did not expect this to be so chilling. The repetition, though intentional, did get a little tiring toward the end but that didn't take away from my overall enjoyment of this book.

It also helps that I enjoy ghost stories like The Sixth Sense, which E. Lockhart mentions as an inspiration for this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

helena_isobell's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

Was a slow read at first but the twist at the end saved it for me. I found I fell in love with the characters without realising. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction and Self harm

addisonb33's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction and Animal death

rainbowwitchling's review against another edition

mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I kind of like the writing. I love the short chapters. I feel like the beginning was strong and the stakes of Mystery were set high. The ending does have this sort of shock value but it still feels like a puzzle piece that doesn't quite fit with the rest. 
I feel like there's very little plot besides the Mystery. Which means there's quite a few empty spots that are just...boring. Although the vibe of a place and time kind of covered in brainfog does fit the narrative, it's not enough to truly draw you in. The reimagined fairytales and dramatic analogies of Cadence's pain weren't terrific, but it was a nice shift from the bland narrative going through most of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Rape, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

abbyycadabbyy's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

1.0

     I don't really know to begin with this book. I don't regret reading this book. I wanted to see what the hype was about surrounding this book, and now I can give my opinion about it.

     The writing style made this book super hard for me to read. It was choppy. A lot of sentences were spilt into two different sentences, like they were incomplete thoughts. (For example: Gat and I. Rode on the boat) For me it was hard to understand what was going on. For the first like 50 pages, I couldn't even comprehend what I was reading.

      For a little context so you understand, cady has 2 cousins her age, Johnny and Mirren. Johnny has a best friend named Gat. Thay all go to an Island their grandpa owns every summer. Also, this book is split up into parts. Just so you can get an idea this is how long each part was. Part one is pages 1-44. Part two is pages 47-64. Part three is pages 67-164. Part four is pages 167-219. Part five is pages 223-250. 

     So, I felt parts 1-3 were a little confusing. You go through each summer with Cady until you get to summer 15, Cady's accident. Then it gets pretty confusing after that. Cady doesn't remember what happened on summer 15. She doesn't go to the Island until summer 17. All the time in between summer 15 and 17 were jumpy and I didn't really understand what was going on. 

     Part 4 and 5 talk about the accident. What happened and how it happened. I think these Parts saved the book, if there wasn't those Parts the book would have been a one star for me. 

     There is only 250 pages and if a book takes 170 pages to even just get interesting, I would say that it isn't a good book. I read a few different reviews saying like part 5 gets super good. But I feel like yes part 5 is good, but it defiantly doesn't redeem the whole book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death and Racism

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

artistic_nightsky's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm

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

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

my_plant_library'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism and Self harm