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Yksi meistä on seuraava by Inka Parpola, Karen M. McManus

109 reviews

witcheslovingwitches'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Medical content, and Alcohol

nev's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Death

b_reads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

#justread #bookreview #bookrecom
Fiction/Young-adult/Thriller/School/Ensemble/Truth or dare game

The first book in the series, One of us is lying was described as The Breakfast Club meets gossip girl, with a murder. The sequel also features an ensemble cast, a game of truth or dare, and a sprinkling of Strangers on a train.

After the infamous happenings at Bayview High, the Bayview four are moving ahead in their lives, putting all things sinister behind. But Bayview High is right there. And it seems after 18 months, it's happening again. 

A new game has propped up which targets one person at a time and asks them to choose truth or a dare. If they don't choose anything, a truth about them is revealed, which, without doubt hurts the people involved. Despite not taking the game seriously initially, people have been scared of the pitfalls of truth being revealed enough that choosing dare becomes a better option every time. Most of the time, the pranks are harmless enough and only in fun. Until it wasn't, and ended in tragedy.
 
Are Simon and his sick games back? Or is it something else altogether?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcoholism

ohnodesty's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism

paperback_moon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

santa_rosa_de_mitla's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Sexual assault, Suicide, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual content

joannabeatriz's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Antisemitism

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Child death

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, and Death of parent

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

What a sequel!! This book was just as good if not better than the first book! I loved how it focused on the slightly younger generation of the characters from book 1! The plot was also extremely interesting and fit with the first book perfectly. It also included all of the character growth, development, and complexity as the first book, including cameos of book 1 characters! The plot twists were also so unexpected, and just like the first book, my jaw dropped multiple times. I don’t know how Karen M McManus did it, usually sequels aren’t great, but this one was definitely amazing! I will be looking forward to reading any future books from KMM! This was definitely a win! 

Age rating: 14+

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, and Cursing

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Murder