Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson

22 reviews

growintogardens's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

The last book was so good, and then we're given this, which is the weakest of the series imo. The author does a pretty good job writing creepy mysteries (this one was ok), but honestly, the relationship between Stevie and David is almost enough for me to stop reading entirely. He's the woooorst. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

robin_reads's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Vomit, and Death

huntress's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Blood, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

thebakerbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.0

Buckle up for another fun Stevie Bell mystery! 

 

That being said, this one might be my least favorite out of the series. The plot felt more contrived than the others (the reason they all end up in England lol), there’s some friendship drama that was frustrating because you could see it a mile away (teenagers, gah!), and THAT ENDING WAS CRUEL. 

 

Anyways, still really enjoyed it, obviously. The mystery from the past was confusing at first because I couldn’t keep the nine characters straight, but once it got going, I really liked it. It had some nice twists and turns, and I did not figure anything out. 

 

The present story…maybe I’m an old fuddy duddy but I felt like the teenagers were being more teenagery in this one than the past books. Or I could be misremembering the past books lol. Either way, that’s a me-problem because these books are YA and meant for teenagers and I won’t begrudge them that!! 

 

I will, however, begrudge it that cruel cliffhanger ending. I’m not over it and I need the next book ASAP please and thank you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Drug use

geb's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

aseel_reads's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

I'm always so disappointed in the later books in this series. I loved the first three, with a long, good plot, but these one offs just miss the mark and have disjointed character arcs. Likewise, the reasoning behind the murder was just not that great 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

megritchey's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Great read - just be prepared for an infuriating cliffhanger ending!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Violence, Gore, Murder, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

letiross's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Drug use

toffishay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a weaker mystery than the others in the Truly, Devious series. A little harder to follow and more of a guess at the end. The travel through London dragged the story to me, but others might find that part interesting. The more social drama between Stevie and her friend group was interesting though; I would have liked to see more of them to offset how annoying Stevie is in this one! The book leaves off on a cliffhanger that I think will have me coming back. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Suicide, Medical content, and Death of parent

rcarey18's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Vomit, Violence, and Infidelity