Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

33 reviews

stellabyproxy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Going into this I was slightly less hopeful after the first book. I thought McManus’ writing was adequate but nothing spectacular. This book felt slightly more interesting to me than the first but I was slightly disappointed in how easily I was able to guess the plot twists. Overall a decent book.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Grief, Death, Murder, Cancer, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Stalking, Suicide, and Blood

mj_hyperfixation_station's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

it didn't hate it. at first I didn't enjoy it and wanted to put it down but with some friendly peer pressure from my friends I picked it back up and pushed through. the beginning was slow and there wasn't a defined thing the characters needed to figure out making me just hate on annoying side characters that had egos bigger than bayview. but one I got past that and started to read more I feel head over heels for most characters. Maeve and Luis, Knox, phoebe from time to time, and even the very rarely brought up Mr.Santos. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cancer, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Hate crime, Bullying, Stalking, Suicide, and Car accident

breeinreadingland's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Bullying

Moderate: Chronic illness, Addiction, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Suicide

greenapplescented250's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Cancer, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Stalking, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Addiction, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

mandah_s's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Murder

morganperks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

every time i thought i knew where it was going i was wrong 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Stalking, Alcoholism, Cancer, Bullying, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit and Suicide

milfs4lifersss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Cancer, and Chronic illness

hannah__12's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book is absolutely amazing. I could not stop reading it!

I totally thought that it was Phoebe behind everything since she was so adamant about Maeve not looking at the revenge forums. I was very surprised to find out it was Emma (her older sister). Then I found out it was Owen!?!? By the last chapter, I was sure that the plot twists were over so I was not prepared to find that out. I wonder if anyone else will find out that it was Owen that continued the messages.

This book has a lot of great twists and turns.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

elisabethslibary's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I personally found the first book better (although this is also brilliant) because everything seemed to be more connected and hence, the whole story was more fucked up and everything came more unexpectedly. Apart from that, the first book discusses serious issues like

outing Someone without them being ready or homosexuality in sports or class differences or how rich people have advantages in the justice system because of their wealth

. However, there are also important issues discussed in this novel and Karen McManus has written a grabbing and thrilling story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, and Hate crime

larabezzina's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Vomit, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Stalking