Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

153 reviews

csharp's review against another edition

challenging lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

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

3.75

• 3.75 ⭐️ because it was a very enjoyable read, but felt that the story and characters were quite basic and nothing new.
• Re: the pacing, I felt that the reveal of the killer was rushed and just thrown in the reader’s face in one big blob of an explanation.
• I also thought it would’ve been better if
  the 4 main characters were actually involved in figuring out and catching the ones actually involved in the crime. Instead, it was just cooper and addy while Nate was in jail and bronwyn was just not there
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• Characters were pretty well fleshed out but still left more to be desired I felt. 
• Overall I feel meh about this story. It was fun, but didn’t have much of an impact and wasn’t as intense as I thought it would/could be. Struggling a bit to think of anything more to say about this book. I guess I will check out the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Self harm and Violence

sebradley29's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

duchess16's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.25

I love this book

but Cooper being gay kinda threw it for me and knocked it down for me, plus allllll the secular talk about hooking up and all that was not my cup of tea. otherwise this would’ve been a 5 star read. THE ENDING THO BRO IT WAS SO DEPRESSING AHHH I mean I knew who it wasn’t the wholllle time. I knew it wasn’t any of the 4, for a while I thought it might be the teacher and for a split second I thought it was Maeve and thennn for a while I thought it was jake but never did I think it was a dark suicidal murder pinning conspiracy. It was well written tho. The characters all had their large flaws. But good moments as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Suicide attempt

calypso_the_oboe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, and Alcohol

Minor: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

grace_cr1's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

literaryliaisons's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Mass/school shootings and Car accident

koala595's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Death, and Homophobia

reginarose310's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-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: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Murder

livlovread's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt

libraryghost's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Outing

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship