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We Were Liars

E. Lockhart

Start date: September 9, 2014

Finish date: September 30, 2014

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Jul 04, 2015 Rachel rated it liked it

Shelves: read-all-via-audiobook, bookclubfiction-lj, scribd, read-while-gaming, bookclub-nbrc

The book was a 3 out of 5 stars for me. It was just okay. I found the characters hard to relate to as spoiled rich kids with "first world" problems. It had a lot of typical YA cliches though that made me roll my eyes, especially when the narrator went on and on about how much Gat was the love of her life.

I did enjoy the twist (which I did not predict), but I also didn't feel that it was believable that (view spoiler) ...more

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Aug 10, 2017 Jen Ifer's Inklings rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-books, library, popsugar-2017-reading-challenge, read-in-2017

3.5 stars.
I am sure that people who like this type troupe will enjoy this book more than I did. I just hate the unreliable narrator. Although this one wasn't bad. It made sense and the ending was not something I predicted. ...more

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Mar 08, 2021 Angela rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, fiction, read-2021, thriller-mystery-suspense

4.5 Stars!!

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Jul 12, 2017 Shala rated it liked it · review of another edition

It took me a long time to get into this book. Yes, I was curious about what happened to Cadence, but I didn't really like her or the other characters which made it hard to care. By the end of the book, though, I was thoroughly invested. ...more

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