Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Alguien es el siguiente by Karen M. McManus

18 reviews

irisvdn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Bullying, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

lordefarquaad's review against another edition

3.0

wow. the ending really got me lol. but i miss the bayview four, i feel like i was expecting more of them in this book. and i really felt like

Emma was just another Janae, in on the whole thing, very upset, spills everything at the end of the book

. but i’m not mad at this. it shocked me just like the first one. i felt like i would’ve liked it more if bronwyn and nate were in it tho, so i’m always kind of biased. bronwyn + nate 4ever

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

bookishandlegal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Ehh, this was fine but it very much felt like a follow up book that was unnecessary. It took me a while to get oriented with the new characters and for almost half the book I didn’t even see what the thrilling part was and what the mystery we were supposed to be solving was. Like overarching was who was running the truth or dare game…but there wasn’t any underlying stakes or anything to that until halfway through. The impact on the 3 main characters also didn’t make sense for most of the book. Yeah, embarrassing secrets were coming out about them, but it wasn’t high stakes stuff like being accessed of murder…it was high school stuff. 

I did get used to the characters and came to like them and was interested in their stories. Maeve and Luis particularly was a fun thing to watch grow. Once I figured out the overarching mystery we were trying to solve I was more interested (but also annoyed because it took the characters forever to put two and two together and I figured out most of the twists well before they happened). After the “main twist” I thought the story dragged a bit and should have finished faster than it did, but I was surprised by the final twist at the end…didn’t see that coming at all. 

The full cast audio was good and having different narrators for the different chapter points of view worked really well. Overall a fine read, but I think if I hadn’t been reading on audio during a full day of driving I would have stopped reading this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Cancer, Bullying, and Alcohol

Death threats; stalking; bomb explosion

moopreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Stalking

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

larabezzina'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Vomit, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Stalking

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Cancer, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, and Death

Minor: Sexual content, Medical content, and Gaslighting

evavstheworld's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

One Of Us Is Next is a sequel to the well-known and loved book by McManus, which I read at the beginning of my bookstagram journey. I absolutely love the YA mystery thriller vibes and McManus’ books are super fast paced and read super quickly! I enjoyed OOUIN, it was able to pull me out of a little reading slump I was experiencing and I’m really glad I finally read it. It was good to revisit Bayview and some of the OG Bayview characters, alongside some new protagonists. The plot is well designed and suspenseful, so I’m sure thriller and mystery fans will enjoy this!⠀
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That said, I found the book to contain a lot of triggers- the full list will be at the bottom! With my first McManus book, I was oblivious as to how certain topics could affect readers, but I took that lesson to heart whilst reading the sequel. I think McManus likes to put all her teenage characters through a LOT, all in a very short span of time. ⠀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

sorcha's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Vomit