Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

149 reviews

acrock31's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Mass/school shootings

fiona_reads_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Outing, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, Alcohol, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, and Sexual content

cara_nm's review

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying and Infidelity

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Outing, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, Car accident, Mass/school shootings, and Homophobia

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Mass/school shootings

av0ncor3's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, Homophobia, Outing, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, Alcoholism, and Addiction

vickeyreads's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I LOVED this book!!! You would not be able to guess twist in this story! I loved every character in the book (hated a few however). 
I loved reading each of the varied perspectives. The beginning reminded me of The Breakfast Club which I enjoyed. As both relate to  people from different cliches coming together. That is all I have to say about the book that is spoiler free. If you haven’t read it I 100% recommend that you should read it (even if you do get spoiled but I recommend staying away from spoilers still).

SPOILERS BELOW:

one criticism I had was when Addy cheated on Jake and reflects about it I wish they depict her to show more remorse and moral guilt about her actions I feel as tho, that those character moments of agony are crucial to making her a more well rounded character. Instead her cheating was brushed off because of Jake’s rage and his actions. That he almost kills her and freaks out on her when she admits to him. 
Another criticism I had was Mr. Avery wasn’t questioned enough or suspected enough for Simon’s murder imo. Being the only teacher in the room at the time of Simon’s Death, wouldn’t that make him more suspicious. Though I do not feel as strongly about this criticism.

I will point out another part of the book I did not enjoy was the epilogue because I felt it was very boring and didn’t really add much to the story. 
The book is overall very well done and compelling for anyone to read. Those are my thoughts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Grief, Outing, Suicide, Alcoholism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Car accident, Infidelity, and Mass/school shootings

Other Warnings Spoilers below mentions of suicide are quite graphic in the book

taelights's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I feel like this is the only book I've ever read where the adaptation is better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Cancer, Drug use, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Death, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Violence and Mass/school shootings

graceev's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Drug abuse, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

heathermarie08's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide and Emotional abuse

daphneereads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Outing, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Drug use and Cancer

Minor: Mass/school shootings