Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Um de nós está mentindo by Karen M. McManus

86 reviews

sunandrain's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Cooper Clay turns out to be gay, which as an LGBTQ+ person I loved.

The characters aren’t perfect, which made them very lovable to me. I’m not usually a romance person, but there were a few couples that formed and even some that broke up. The ending was very predictable, which is what knocked it down to a 3.75, but if you’re more interested in the characters’ journey than the actual ending, this would be great for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical content, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Outing, Sexual content, Stalking, and Suicide

Minor: Cursing and Homophobia

bibliophilemama's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Suicide

Minor: Cancer and Mass/school shootings

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

I expected much more mystery/actual investigation from this book, it wasn't really a mystery book. The author focused more on the characters than the actual mystery. When the investigation finally started, it was too quick and easy solution.
But I think the ending was worth it, it was a fantastic plot twist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Outing, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Bullying, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Cursing, Racism, and Cancer

jinglesmell1337's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Minor: Addiction, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

francess_m's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective 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

Love this book totally recommend somebody who is trying to get into Reading as it is quite fast pace and easy to read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, and Outing

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Stalking, and Mental illness

jessicadavis99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

katwebb's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Mass/school shootings, and Self harm

tharini's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Cursing

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

This book was definitely worth all of the hype! The plot was so original, I haven’t read anything like it! The idea of a breakfast club style high school murder mystery was genius. I had high expectations for this book, and it met and exceeded them. The story was told in shifting POVs for all 4 of the main characters, which you get the hang of after a few chapters. The whole thing was very exciting and captivating, and it made me want to keep reading! I feel like this is a totally binge-worthy book to read in one sitting. I don’t think there was a moment in this book where I expected what would come next, totally shocking. My jaw literally dropped at a few points in the book. I loved the twist on the high school stereotypes as well, adding more unexpected elements and layers, and a lot of relatability to the readers. This definitely deserved to be made into a show, but I would say the show was definitely not as good as the books. Highly recommend, this deserves all of the hype. 
Age rating: 14+ (closed door, no s*xual content, but some violence and curing)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Self harm, Addiction, Outing, Violence, Cancer, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

pratty_reads21's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

Fun, easy to read and interesting YA mystery. Was more predictable in parts than not but still fun to read and kept me engaged. Heaps of typical tropes which was fine but I think that's what made some things predictable.
I don't really have any intent to continue the series unless maybe I want something easy and kind of mindless to listen to.
Multiple cast audiobook which I always enjoy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Murder, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts