Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

23 reviews

brookey8888's review

dark funny 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

4.0

I really enjoyed this! Not as much as the first, but it was still really good. I just really like the characters she writes and I love that we got to see the characters from the first in this. Also how the events of the first book effects this one. Now it didn’t get interesting plot wise for the first like 50%(I don’t really care because I like the characters and relationships). The last part of this book I did not see coming my jaw dropped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Racism, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Body shaming, Grief, and Sexual assault

emmacb16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

I loved this book!! I thought it was very interesting how it was part of the series but it had a completely different plot. The vibes were the same though. I also loved every single character and their development was awesome. 

#TeamMaeve&Luis #Team Phoebe&Knox

In the last few pages, I got very bothered because I thought the author was just going to end the book on the fact that Owen kept the conversation going...but it was pleasantly resolved. 

I got both of these books from the library, but if they ever come out in paperback...I will need them for my own library:)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Cancer

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

kjm_x's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

msradiosilence's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Tldr; the plot was heavy on the character study and light on the murder mystery, which made it overall pretty boring. A disappointing sequel to a great first book.

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/one-of-us-is-next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Homophobia

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Not bad, better than the first in certain ways. I wish the characters (old and new) were a bit more fleshed out. I wanted to know more about them as people outside of the story. I was also hoping for more character development. I’ll definitely be reading the 3rd when it comes out in hopes of more development but I’m not betting on it.

I didn’t see the ending coming though, which was nice (crazy) surprise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Blood, Murder, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Grief, Bullying, Self harm, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Violence, Sexism, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, and Addiction

tomasalbanez's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Not as good as the first one, but still quite exciting in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Chronic illness

Moderate: Stalking, Sexism, Grief, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

Minor: Suicide

morganperks's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

every time i thought i knew where it was going i was wrong 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Stalking, Alcoholism, Cancer, Bullying, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit and Suicide

c100's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Infidelity

milfs4lifersss's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Cancer, and Chronic illness

lucytoo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Murder, Sexual assault, and Cancer

Moderate: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Outing, Suicide, and Vomit