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The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

32 reviews

dramagirl2003's review against another edition

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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

5.0

i loved this book, and the fact that i managed guess the ending almost bang on. jonah

impersonating JT was the best plot twist ever and gave us a cute ship ♥️

thoughts while reading

p15: it's giving inheritance games
p32: sheesh that's an awkward first meeting to say the least
p80: AH!

REAL JONAH MUST BE ALLERGIC TO SHRIMP

! that must be how milly figured it out! what an absolute manipulative legend!!
p112: ohhh, jonah's dad must be the one who

lost all the money to anders

p113: yep
p114: i predict that jonah and milly will

get together by the end of the book

p116: that is a master plan
p123: is dr baxter faking his dementia or something??
p132: chaz is

uncle archer

?? honestly milly should just become a detective at this point
p135: honestly fair. he deserves water in the face
p141: damn fred baxter is a lot smarter than people give him credit for
p142: prediction: allison

gets pregnant with matt's baby

p156: DR BAXTER?? NOOOO
p169: i hope the Story kids didn't get the boot because of kayla
p181: maybe the car accident was just a cover up?
p193: i wouldn't, i have an off feeling about hazel
p198: WELL THAT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN!! KEEP THE PDA TO PRIVATE!! but also

#jilly 🫶🏻

p229: what if adam and anders tried to

kill matt and kayla

p242: matt too! well this is just looking suspicious! maybe anders

drowned both matt and dr baxter

p256: oh my God, major prediction time: mildred actually

died 24 years ago and someone else took both mildred's and theresa's place

and that's why you never see either of them
p257: or what if theresa

murdered kayla?

p296: well that turned out almost exactly how i thought it would. i should take up mystery solving

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kjwit's review against another edition

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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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jadeandherbunny's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

2.5

McManus does the same thing over and over again
Same characters, same narrative scheme as her other books
I won't read any of her books again

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yuidf's review against another edition

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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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libraryghost's review

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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amy1608's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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spworley's review against another edition

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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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m4rtt4's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

soooo now I've read every single book written by Karen M. McManus, and unfortunately in this case the last one was also the least. She's always been one of my favourite (YA) mystery authors, and even though this one was an okay read, it didn't live up to the standards her other works have set up. This one was just boring and hard to get into, too many names and too little action.

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lexa's review

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dark mysterious

3.75

Was a captivating read. Lots of family secrets. Lots of unlikable characters. Probably won’t stick with me for long though.

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kshertz's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

A very good mystery! I was surprised by the twists! They all got me. It didn’t wrap up the way I hoped in the end but I definitely could not put it down. A great mystery thriller for anyone looking for one. Reminds me a lot of Ruth Wares novels whom I also love.

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