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The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

41 reviews

l4urenmurr4y's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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 of parent, Death, and Addiction

whatamidoing_rn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I liked it but it really dragged for the first half.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Gun violence, Dementia, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Death, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Incest, Addiction, Death of parent, Child death, and Alcohol

kjwit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.25

I read this book for reading olympics and I really enjoyed it. It was one of my quicker reads recently and I found it enjoyable. Some of the mysteries the reader was given the clues to figure out themselves while other secrets you have to read to the end to find out. It had a good message and the three main characters went through incredible development  in their relationships with themselves and each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Murder, Alcohol, and Addiction

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content and Miscarriage

i_love_fob's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing 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: Pregnancy, Car accident, Death, Alcohol, Addiction, and Alcoholism

matonnhermann's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Violence, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Grief, Blood, Cursing, and Dementia

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Dementia, and Panic attacks/disorders

anna_hepworth's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

4.0

This book started slow, and even the shifting between the viewpoints of the three cousins didn't really help with that. It did do good things for filling in a range of background, as well as setting up a number of details that didn't become relevant until much later. 

It wasn't until the first major twist, at something like a quarter or a third through, where I started getting invested. I have some spoilery thoughts about the twists and turns of this story, so I've put that below. 

For all that I found this slow paced, according to the reading app it too me an hour (across multiple commutes) to finish, which seems much shorter than I would have assumed. 

I loved that most of the twists  had to do with identity. And that the various people all had such interesting ways of interlacing their two selves. There are definitely some parallels that can be drawn between being a Story (or pretending not to be) and pretending to be a Story. 

I was frustrated by the inevitable confrontation followed by risk to life and limb, but eh, I accept that that is a trope of the genre. It is just one of the things that make me not love the murder mystery genre.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage, Addiction, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Dementia

marenm's review

adventurous dark 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! i enjoyed all the characters and their dynamics and it was a pretty fast read with a few plot twists. 4.25/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Murder, Gaslighting, Death, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Addiction, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, Death of parent, Cursing, and Vomit

sonygaystation's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

The romance was a little rushed and it wasn’t as much of a page turner as her other books. But whew that twist sure was something you can only get away with in fiction, it’s so absurd to imagine it happening in real life that it makes it extra fun in fiction

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, and Pregnancy

Minor: Grief, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death, Abortion, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

yuidf's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Dementia, Dysphoria, Car accident, and Infidelity

emmajh91's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Cursing, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Death of parent, Addiction, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, and Blood