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Family of Liars by E. Lockhart

105 reviews

mulhollen's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

the twist is so annoying

I didn’t just read all that for the last section to go “jk that didn’t happen”

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thesecretsapphic's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

2.0

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dramagirl2003's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

just as good as the first one in a completely different way!
age rating — 14+

thoughts while reading

p5: yeah no kidding

p15: i wondered that! i knew there was

no rosemary

in We Were Liars

p21: this family physically hurts me with all their emotional masking

p22: please don’t get addicted

p23: there is literally no pleasing harris

p25: yuhuh what did i say. 16 is way too young to have no one watching you

p50: it’s probably meant to be because of the codeine that

she sees rose

p55: carrie and cadence are kindred spirits, and not completely in a good way

p67: pfeff is totally the one she crushes on

p79: two single guys, three and a half single girls. i can almost taste the potential drama

p92: $100 BOOK VOUCHER?? heck yes!!

p151: don’t tell me

she’s hallucinating the boys too

p163: isn’t this the story about locke from The Cruel Prince?

p169: i knew something like this would happen

p175: erm not quite the twist i was expecting

p179: gosh bess is brave, i’d be too terrified to talk to my sibling like that if they had carrie’s issues in case they spiralled and offed themselves. maybe it’s because she’s the youngest so she doesn’t quite understand the seriousness of this situation beyond her own feelings. i’m not saying bess is wrong to say something, i just couldn’t do it

p196: pfeff was never gonna give you what you need, not when he either has a very low opinion of himself or just doesn’t care

p201: really REALLY not what i was expecting

p206: omg it’s agggtm all over again

p220: OH

p247: nooo not

pfeff haunting her now too!

p263:

IT WAS CARRIE WHO KILLED HIM???

p273:

it was HARRIS who moved the board!

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alicekd's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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roxanne_blythe's review against another edition

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mysterious 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

3.5

It was definitely better than We Were Liars.

Rosemary was completely unnecessary as a character. The fairytales?? Omg I hate them I hated them in the last book and I hate them in this book too. At least this one didn’t have the same “once upon a time there were three princesses.. ugh 🙄

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annamwallace66's review against another edition

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challenging dark 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

4.0

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elizabethpowers's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

the sequel is never better than the original -Olivia Rodrigo

plot/writing felt extremely choppy and weird, in a way that it took you out of the story. writing didn't feel as emotional or as good as we were liars. didn't really like any of the main characters tbh. some of the big plot twists were very predictable. idk how to feel about the BIG twist, it didn't really make sense why it was revealed so soon after. it was much easier to have a very strong emotional connection and empathy for we were liars and cadence compared to this story.

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