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One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

31 reviews

grace_frank's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Death

rys_readingcorner's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

This was an AMAZING sequel to One of Us is Lying! The only issue I ahd with it was that the "who done it" at the end was a lot harder to follow and digest than the first one. I found myself pausing on reading and sorting out what the author was connecting before continuing on. But the plot twist on the literal last TWO PAGES was wild. Anyways....Bronwyn and Nate 4EVEA!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent, Murder, Bullying, and Suicide

esm_359's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Death of parent, and Cancer

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Suicide

shiroofficial's review

5.0

Loved the book! Kept me captivated the whole time, it was amazing reading it! Really thrilling and i had great laughs from the book too! Loved the twists in the story. Awesome book, enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Hate crime, Medical content, Stalking, Child death, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

emmacb16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

I loved this book!! I thought it was very interesting how it was part of the series but it had a completely different plot. The vibes were the same though. I also loved every single character and their development was awesome. 

#TeamMaeve&Luis #Team Phoebe&Knox

In the last few pages, I got very bothered because I thought the author was just going to end the book on the fact that Owen kept the conversation going...but it was pleasantly resolved. 

I got both of these books from the library, but if they ever come out in paperback...I will need them for my own library:)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Cancer

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Not bad, better than the first in certain ways. I wish the characters (old and new) were a bit more fleshed out. I wanted to know more about them as people outside of the story. I was also hoping for more character development. I’ll definitely be reading the 3rd when it comes out in hopes of more development but I’m not betting on it.

I didn’t see the ending coming though, which was nice (crazy) surprise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Blood, Murder, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Grief, Bullying, Self harm, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Violence, Sexism, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, and Addiction

kallio08's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Cancer, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, and Murder

hematthews's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Medical trauma and Vomit

cultbyproxy'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