Reviews tagging 'Blood'

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

25 reviews

yasneaker's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

When I first started reading this book, I did not have high expectations but it proved me wrong. I expected to give this book 3 stars at most but now I think it’s worth a 4.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicide, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Violence, Cursing, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Cursing, and Blood

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

claire_3lyse's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Outing, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

olivia_elise_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Sexual content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Bullying, Chronic illness, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Cancer, and Cursing

4l3yda's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child death, Genocide, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, and Homophobia

Minor: Cancer and Deadnaming

abi_ineedtoreadmore's review

challenging emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Outing, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Pregnancy

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Chronic illness, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

safety_pin's review

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gaslighting, Murder, Alcohol, Death, Child death, Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Outing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Cursing, and Homophobia

Minor: Car accident

emilysreadingbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, and Outing

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Self harm, Gun violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Car accident