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One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose

8 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

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

The slowest burn I've ever read from a thriller. Only picked up at the 7 hour mark. Which is a little unfortunate that you spend 7 hours listening to only get 2 hours of intriguing action.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Bullying, Infidelity, Death, Classism, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Biphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, and Trafficking

bookishchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was like if an episode of Law and Order met Desperate Housewives. It was pretty slow up until like 70% then I finished it in one sitting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Bullying

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

itzbrianna's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

One of Us is Dead was a funny tale of how being a Karen will get you murdered. Jenny owns Glow, an upscale salon that caters to the “finest” women in Buckhead. She is the central point for all things in her clients lives. From affairs to revenge, a lot of the plot takes place in Glow.

This novel started strong with an opening that hooked me by the first page. The characters were full of personality and some had more complexities than others. The premise of the book is we start in the present with Jenny explaining to Detective Sanford how the murder occurred. But we have no clue who is actually dead.

The tale is a telling of all the events that lead up to the death of a prominent member of Buckhead. And as you read on it might become pretty clear on who ends up dead. The who wasn’t surprising to me in fact, both the author and the editor probably wanted it to be obvious. What is surprising is the how and who ends up murdering them.

All in all, this was an entertaining read. It gives desperate housewives and gossip girl vibes. The ending was rushed and the style of present vs past telling was a nice addition to the story. If you enjoy reading about rich white women gossip and skeam for revenge then this will be the book for you.

*****THE FOLLOWING SECTION MAY BE CONSIDERED SPOILERS, READERS DISCRETION ADVISED******

There were little things that didn’t add up in the book like characters programming phones to burners??? How would they know how to do that? And it took a while to get to “who was killed” reveal. I’m a little disappointed that who I thought was dead actually turned out to be dead. It’s quite obvious throughout the book as the character is one of the most hated. 
 
Reading the book it’s pretty obvious it was going to be her that ended up dead. She was an awful person. The person who kills her though? Definitely did not expect that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Alcohol

Moderate: Murder, Ableism, Trafficking, and Lesbophobia

megfussell's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Violence, Death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

gabyhat's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Trafficking

Minor: Suicide, Physical abuse, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

brokenbodybitch's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Suicide, Trafficking, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, and Sexual content