Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

153 reviews

olivia_sz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Outing, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Suicide

Moderate: Cancer and Medical content

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Self harm, Gore, Alcohol, Car accident, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt

hayward86's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

This book is intense you never know which way the book will turn and Simon is a piece of work

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Alcoholism

lolacay14's review

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

4.5

This was a great read that was very fast paced. I ended up reading it in 1 day. 

The entire time you keep guessing who it was and the plot twist was amazing. 
It defines took a while and it felt like things just kept nagging on, so that it would fill pages till we found out the real killer. 
I loved the main characters and actually cared about them and their story lines.
Good YA mystery 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm

creativeworld's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

5.0

An easy read and a fun mystery. The ending was satisfying, although I hate Nate the rest of the characters are good. Exactly the kind of book I was looking for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Classism, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, and Car accident

Minor: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Self harm, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

bookish_bae's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Very good romance, page turner, hard to guess ending 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Grief, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Self harm, and Alcoholism

suicide and school shootings

they_them10's review

adventurous mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Outing, Abandonment, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide and Self harm

katherineshawwrites's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

 This one has been on my TBR shelf for literally YEARS, and I'm so glad I finally got around to it because it was a fantastic read. Writing multiple POVs well is a tricky task, but Karen McManus does it brilliantly, and has you really rooting for all four suspects, despite their flaws. Although I guessed the culprit before the reveal, there were still plenty of twists and turns that kept me gripped throughout, and the growth each character went through during their personal journeys was wonderful and heart-warming 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Drug use, Self harm, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Violence

willowtree_x's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

Hooked from the first few chapters!! The plot was very captivating with great characters and their own development throughout. I got so into it I finished it in 24 hours 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, and Self harm

jemmaisntcool's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Death, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Addiction

Minor: Classism

csharp's review

challenging lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad medium-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

3.75

• 3.75 ⭐️ because it was a very enjoyable read, but felt that the story and characters were quite basic and nothing new.
• Re: the pacing, I felt that the reveal of the killer was rushed and just thrown in the reader’s face in one big blob of an explanation.
• I also thought it would’ve been better if
  the 4 main characters were actually involved in figuring out and catching the ones actually involved in the crime. Instead, it was just cooper and addy while Nate was in jail and bronwyn was just not there
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• Characters were pretty well fleshed out but still left more to be desired I felt. 
• Overall I feel meh about this story. It was fun, but didn’t have much of an impact and wasn’t as intense as I thought it would/could be. Struggling a bit to think of anything more to say about this book. I guess I will check out the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Homophobia

Minor: Self harm and Violence