Reviews tagging 'Violence'

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

178 reviews

sydtheogreadingkid's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

THIS BOOK IS AMAZING I JUST FINISHED IT AT 2:29 IN THE MORNING BUT I REGRET NOTHING I LOVE THIS BOOKKKKKKK ❤️ ❤️❤  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Bullying, Homophobia, Cursing, Suicide, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Violence, Addiction, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Grief, Drug use, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Abandonment

Their was no other option for it but by schizophrenia/psychosis it was the best choice for Bipolar

thegreatelise's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

I must say I enjoyed reading the book and I thought I'd rate it 4 stars, that was until the ending. I expected a part of the twist but the other part of it was, in my opinion, too far stretched.
Another things is : I hatred most of the characters, the only one I liked was Nate and I didn't like him anymore at the end, it was the other way around for Addy, I hatred her the most and liked her at the end, as well as Cooper, but overall throughout the book I did not like them and I don't know what gave me the want to keep reading, maybe the mystery and me trying to solve it.
I felt like the epilogue and the bonus chapter were really not necessary.
It's a shame because I really liked the book but the ending ruined it for me.



SPOILERS FROM NOW ON


So the ending : I was not surprised to learn that Simon killed himself HOWEVER the fact that Jake was involved in it and his attitude at the end was way too cliché and over the top and that is the reason why the book went under the 4 stars rating for me.
The romance between Bronwyn and Nate felt a bit forced, breaking news : you don't Always need romance in a Book, and this situation would never happen if you're convincted of murder, you have other things to deal with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Violence

thee_eclectic_eccentric's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Classism, Mental illness, Bullying, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

matilde66's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Suicide

Minor: Chronic illness, Alcohol, Cancer, Eating disorder, Car accident, Addiction, Self harm, and Mass/school shootings

anwenpullenxx'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? No

4.75

This book is so good! Loved it so much! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

emquartz15's review

funny mysterious fast-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

4.0

This book is so solid. The writing is effortless and real. The characters, their mannerisms, theirs interactions with each other — it all points to masterful work by McManus. 

I felt like some voices were stronger than others, and I’m not 100% head over heels for the book, so those are the only reasons why it’s not 5 stars from me. Maybe I just haven’t read YA in awhile. 

But I breezed through it and loved the writing! Definitely would recommend to anyone looking for a mystery with lovable characters (with the added tension knowing you’re not sure if you can trust them). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Death

annaspeckien's review

dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Death, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Minor: Terminal illness, Abandonment, and Cancer

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

After reading The Cousins recently, I was inspired to go through the authors backlist of books. 

This was such a great story that had so many layers! I will admit, I was a little nervous getting around to this very hyped book, but it was definitely worth it.

I never expected who would be the culprit in the 'whodunit' plot and I think it was executed really well.

The characters were fully dimensional and I was invested in all of their stories. 

Nate really irked me in the last few chapters! I felt so disappointed by his decisions, it was just mean.

I think my favourite character was Bronwyn. They all had some really problems in there life but for some reason the internal and external pressures of being the perfect everything really hit me. 

This was exciting, immersive, thrilling and had  lot of depth to reflect on the consequences of spiteful rumours and extremism and radicalisation within education.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Self harm, Homophobia, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Bullying, Child death, Outing, and Violence

julia_jojo17's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Outing, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

riverstyx1325's review

challenging dark emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Infidelity, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

Minor: Sexual content and Cancer