Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

159 reviews

leila_reads_too_much's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

luisamw's review against another edition

hopeful 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

5.0

Omg, I just looved this book 😍😍😍
I also liked "one of us is lying" a lot and I was scared that the 2nd part would be worse, but it absolutely wasn't. 
A really big part of the story was the personal life of the narrators and in the first half the crime-aspect was more in the background. I didn't mind that,  though that was something that I didn't expect. And I also have to say that that part was very gripping and absolutely not boring.
Then more or less at 50% of the book the murder happens and from that part on, the crime-aspect was more the main part of the story. Then the book got so tense 😨😨😨
And then the plot-twists were such a surprise 😱 And the last pages... 😨😨😨 I would have never expected that 😱
Now comes a little spoiler for the romance in the book

I also really liked, that there were 2 romance stories,  but those could have been a little  more present.

That there are now new narrators was at the beginning a little weird (mainly because of Knox and Phoebe, because I didn't know them 😅), but when I got to know them, I really really loved them 😍 I also loved, that the old narrators were still side-characters and that you learn, how Bronwyn and Nate's story continued 😍😍😍

I was also so happy for Addy, that she got to know someone ☺🥰

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I can't wait to read the 3rd book and I have to pre-order it right now 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

abi4cardan_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

This book was soooooo good, this book has such good foreshadowing which is so easily over-looked. The ending has me stunned and I can’t even begin to process what just happened! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, and Death of parent

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

taque's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

loverainbowsara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, and Alcohol

georgiagirl1315's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

rae42's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Murder

xnolakola's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

Audiobook is flat out terrible 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Cancer

book_lover101's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I know alot of people don't like this but I feel like Maeve and Jenae should be together although

Maeve and Luis are really cute and so are Bronwyn and Nate as always

it is a really good read and if you love one of us is lying you should definitely read this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Death and Death of parent

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

This book is very slow for the first 60%. There is a lot of focus on drama unrelated to the underlying mystery and characters that don't matter past the initial burst of drama. There is somehow not enough focus on any of these characters to pull off a red herring maneuver. You can basically figure out the plot by the 70% mark aside from a few details that were mishandled, in my opinion. There is also a romance between a 17 year old and someone who is old enough to have graduated college.

There is a character blatantly introduced at the 90% mark. He is mentioned two to four times throughout the book but only in passing as the "intense guy." To no one's surprise he is one of the three culprits and not at all a red herring. There are three culprits: Emma, Owen, Jared Jackson. Jared Jackson made a deal with Emma in a revenge board. Emma did this through the use of her sister's phone as she had conveniently lost hers. Emma admits this all from the hospital bed where she is suffering from the effects of alcohol poisoning. When Emma backs out by ghosting on Jared, Owen (the little brother) steps in, steals the pseudonym, and pursues revenge against Brandon for the death of his father. Emma and Phoebe agree to act like Jared fabricated Owen's messages to protect him.

The reveal right at the end of the book is a very cheap gimmick and though it was executed properly, it feels unrealistic to how someone of that age demographic would respond to the info they'd acquired.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

There is a subplot of a bomb but only one person is injured and they survive but will have scars. There was also a subplot of a corrupt police officer who framed and blackmailed someone for drugs.