Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

57 reviews

np24'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I didn’t really know anything about this book before I went in, except that it was a murder-y breakfast club situation. That being said, I ended up really liking it! There are a good amount of twists and turns throughout, and I had fun trying to guess what was going to happen next. I thought the entire ending was wild in the best way, gripping, and just bordering on unbelievable without fully crossing that line. I’d recommend to any murder mystery fans!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Suicide and Outing

Minor: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings

saraellenme's review

emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicide, Violence, and Outing

Moderate: Murder and Homophobia

Minor: Mass/school shootings and Gun violence

winterspirit's review

dark emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Gun violence

inkycat's review

emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Grief, Outing, and Homophobia

Minor: Gun violence and Vomit

fe_aye's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Solid book. I almost ended up DNFing due to my lack of meshing with the characters at the beginning, but as I kept reading they really grew on me. I didn’t much care for the character to begin with but after they had some development they really got much better, especially Addy. 
It was also very well crafted and the resolution was both surprising yet grounded worked really well, I’m glad I stuck with this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Mental illness, and Gun violence

zsometimesreads's review

fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

Moderate: Outing, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

Minor: Gun violence and Vomit

jess_ngo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Bullying

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, Gun violence, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing and Toxic friendship

ellia's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Alcoholism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Outing, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Addiction, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Car accident

sophiemartin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

Moderate: Infidelity, Racism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Blood, Bullying, Homophobia, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, and Injury/Injury detail

elspethmigliore's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

3.75

This was pretty good!! I enjoyed the buildup a lot and I loved how the characters ended up becoming really close by the end of the story. I wasn't really shocked with the plot-twists, because it felt kind of obvious. But still, it was really good and a great read. 

would most likely reread, but not definitely ☑️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Blood, Homophobia, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Gun violence, Stalking, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent