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One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose

15 reviews

heyitsseph's review against another edition

adventurous 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

I loved reading this book is about these women living in Atlanta, buckhead called themselves the Buckhead women’s foundation is an elite women who plan these charity events  for there community. It’s Karen, Jenny , crystal , Shannon , Olivia . These women had so much drama going with their life , secrets , betrayal with each of other, plot twist.  It was a well thought out book to read the author did a fantastic job tell the readers each of the characters point of view what was going on . I think people who really enjoyed reading this book if you like reading thriller it’s not a very graphic scary book to read but there are some explicit part of the book. Which I didn’t except to read about. I was really surprised to find out who killed of the women and why so good and exciting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

This audiobook took me forever to read, which is weird because I was enjoying it. 

I jusy love reading about rich people drama. The beginning of this was really good and I was interested, but then in the middle I was kind of bored because it just felt repetitive. I wish there was more present chapters because I would honestly forget that someone was killed. *slight spoiler* Then the last little bit was actually shocking because I didn’t expect such a dark topic to be in this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Trafficking, Murder, Bullying, Alcohol, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Outing, and Sexism

clairemitchell's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Death, and Murder

julienicole1106's review

fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Alcohol, Death, Murder, and Outing

madisbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Rich people drama at its finest...and I absolutely ate that shit up!
Although I figured out and correctly guess a lot of the smaller plot twists, I still had such an amazing time reading and was left completely speechless at all of the larger more powerful plot twists. 
I fell in love with this catty group of women and adored that we got each of their POVs throughout the story. 
Mama Crystal and mama Shannon absolutely slayed this entire book and they are now some of my favorite fictional people <3. 
Overall this story has quickly become one of my favorites and Jeneva has officially become one of my favorite authors! If you love rich people drama with a true crime twist, I highly suggest reading "One of Us Is Dead". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Trafficking, and Domestic abuse

pisces1_1318'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I hope I never have to interact with any of these Karen's. This story is all about white shenanigans and how not everyone is your friend. Wasn't my favorite book. At one point I just wanted it to be done so I Googled the ending. I still finished the book despite spoiling the ending for myself. 

How did the detective not figure this thing out? Because in my humble opinion everything worked out perfectly for the women and they got off scotch free. Also these women talk to much. How are they going to keep this secret? They all like to backstab each other when they feel they will get the upper hand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

kelisabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Torture, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, and Alcohol

jaylee_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death and Trafficking

Minor: Domestic abuse

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This felt like a 3 star read for the first half of the book. The characters are painfully unlikeable (on purpose) and the writing is quite good but I just don’t feel entertained by middle aged rich housewives. Then somewhere around 60% things got REAL. The characters still suck, but there are some dark twists that I did not see coming. Read this in one day, fun and unputdownable. If you’re a real housewives fan I think you would EAT this up! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Blood, Bullying, Misogyny, Vomit, Abandonment, Cursing, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Classism, Sexism, Sexual content, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Trafficking

sleeson's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I did not see this coming. I love novels that show up and give me a surprise ending. However, I am a self proclaimed prude. Medium sexual content and medium profanity. I loved there were multiple narrators in the audiobook. It makes listening a lot of fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Moderate: Trafficking and Toxic friendship