Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Alguien es el siguiente by Karen M. McManus

113 reviews

emilygunshon's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

so trash compared to the first, I really liked the first book but this one was so disappointing it just jumped from one traumatic event to the next and strayed soooo far from the main story line. Also there were so many characters to keep track of I found it difficult to know who was who most of the time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

janahy55's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Stalking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

greatexpectations77'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

I really liked this, possibly more than the first book. It was twistier, and I really liked the narrator that read for Knox, who was a great cutie character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Alcoholism, Stalking, Bullying, Child death, Death, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Medical content

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

A solid ya mystery. Definitely felt that the ending was somehow super slow (I got the twist just before it was revealed and hated having to wait for it) and also rushed at the same time 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Bullying, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cancer, Death of parent, and Infidelity

paronomaniac's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Sexual assault

itsacsa's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

Que vivan los libros juveniles y de misterio 🥳
Este libro vino a salvar mi diciembre luego de pasar ✨meses sin poder terminar de leer nada.✨

Esta es la segunda parte de “Alguien está mintiendo” pero tenemos protagonistas diferentes. Poco más de un año después de los acontecimientos del primer libro, ocurren estos hechos donde una persona misteriosa empieza a acechar a estudiantes de Bayview con un “juego” de verdad o atrevimiento. Los que son seleccionados tienen 24h para elegir si prefieren un desafío o que se revele una verdad sobre ellos. 

Siento que la autora crea muy bien a los personajes, les da profundidad y les hace interesantes. Para mí, esta historia fue más allá del juego, yo quería saber qué onda con los demás detalles y que la autora puediera crear eso me parece super genial. 

Cuando se va descubriendo el misterio de quién está detrás de todo, medio me decepcioné porque esperaba más PERO no contaba con ese capítulo final y que la autora dejara a merced de mis pensamientos cómo se resuelve todo. Solo por este hecho, el libro subió en mi escala de favoritos del año. 📈

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, and Death

hypofocus's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

A great follow up to One of Us is Lying! I was just as invested this time around. McManus has the multi-POV style down to a science. Great pacing, great POV switching, great trickling of info and wonderful payoff come reveal time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual violence, Addiction, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Stalking, Sexual assault, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Sexual content

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.5

In the sequel to One of Us is Lying, we get a new-ish cast of characters, Maeve is the only one we saw in the last book but this time we get her POV. We also get POVs from two more characters, Knox and Phoebe. Interesting concept of a dangerous game of Truth or Dare! I also kind of liked getting new characters, while also still getting peeks at characters from book 1.

It’s a little slower than book 1, with most of the drama being in the first and last thirds; the pacing is slightly off as the middle drags a bit. Compared to book 1 which had a slow build up throughout.

The twists were unexpected and I didn’t see them coming-and no cop out this time! The execution worked so well, and was so much better than OoUiL. I did guess the person involved but I didn’t correctly guess the motivation or the other twists!

For once, the sequel was better than the first 😍 The ending was also well done with a bit of suspense and leaving it perfectly open for book 3, which now I actually can’t wait to read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Bullying, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide

t1k1_bab3r's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Sexism, Murder, Child death, Death of parent, and Cancer

I’ve had this book in my TBR for over a year, I really enjoyed One of us is lying but I only read this one because I wanted to read the final book in the series