Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Um de nós está mentindo by Karen M. McManus

115 reviews

james1star's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Overall I did enjoy this book quite a lot and found it very easy to read. We follow four character’s POVs in the aftermath of their fellow classmate Simon dying during detention and how they are all suspects. I won’t explain the plot as it’s a mystery sorta book where you need to figure stuff out yourself. I was definitely hooked with the storyline and it made me want to read on and discover more to the characters and outcomes. There were also some plot twists that I did not expect coming too. 

At the beginning I didn’t really like the characters all that much but as it went on you get to know them better, their past and stories and I did end up caring for them. Weirdly, Nate was my favourite despite being kinda the most problematic but then something with Cooper shot him up there too. Bronwyn grew on me the quickest and then certain understandings with Addy made me love her too so Yhh… haha I don’t know where this is going but I did really want the best for them and justice to prevail. 

I wouldn’t say the story/characters was the most realistic but it was definitely enjoyable and certain aspects had their intended impact on the reader. The writing style is easy to follow, not that descriptive or vivid but was good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Outing, and Toxic friendship

tbs250's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Misogyny, Sexism, and Alcohol

laney_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was an amazing book, some of the heavier topics in the book were brought in very nicely. I give this a 4.5 only because I kinda guessed who the killer was but I wasn't really serious about it bc the book did a great job of making you unsure!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia and Outing

This book handles a lot of heavy topics but does have resources in the back of the book for the most major topics!

rylee_1's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Grief

shiroofficial's review against another edition

5.0

This book was very interesting and it made me want to keep reading it all the time… the story was amazing and thrilling and the situations felt very real, like it would be something we could expect in the world today and it would feel normal, but feel bad as well. It was a very interesting story to read and many secrets were unravelled in the story and it was awesome! The plot twists were really good and it kept me captivated the whole time i was reading. I absolutely love this book. However i find that the pace is a little slower than i’d have preferred, but it really doesn't bother me much so yeah. Awesome book definitely recommend love it! very thrilling would read again! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

laura_berger's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Outing

booksbyantheia's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

 Como lectura en general, llenó todos los espacios requeridos para ser un libro bueno. Personajes relativamente sólidos, una trama segura, con los espacios de misterio necesarios. Quizás fue esa trama esperable la que la hace un libro bueno, pero no excelente, y no tan memorable. (Sorry, Simon)

Y quizás hasta esos puntos favorables no son tan fuertes. Solo sentí que Bronwyn estaba desarrollada al máximo. Sus pequeñas luchas consigo misma, sus motivaciones, sus secretos. Siento que el menos desarrollado fue Cooper. 

Si bien su homosexualidad es algo muy importante para todo el "estereotipo" que construyó como máscara, eso no me hizo sentirlo un personaje más profundo que Bronwyn.

  Addy me parece la peor desarrollada en general.

La trama es predecible. Soy estúpida y conecté todo mal, pero acerté a cada suceso (atribuyéndolo erronéamente, pero aún así). 

Incluyendo el plot twist de Jake. No lo adiviné bien, pero sabía que estaba involucrado de alguna manera.

Eso muestra que fue una escritura muy cuidada y notable. Las pistas estaban ahí, pero lamento que en cierto punto se haya pasado de foreshadowing a exceso de detalles.

Es una buena lectura, recomendable para meterse en el género de misterio. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Mentions of divorce, body hatred, low self-esteem, non-explicit sexual content.

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

khloereads86's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.0

I listened to the audiobook and it was kind of boring 🤷🏼‍♀️. It didn’t really leave much of an impression, and not much really happened after their ‘big secrets’ were revealed pretty early on. It’s not like they were doing much themselves to figure out what happened either, just stupid relationship drama and getting their lawyers to deal with stuff. If I was actually reading it instead of listening at x2 speed in the car I probably wouldn’t have finished it. Don’t think I really care enough to read the rest of the series, even though it wasn’t necessarily bad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, and Outing

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use and Grief

kjm_x's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness and Mass/school shootings