Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

19 reviews

dramagirl2003's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Car accident, Incest, Cursing, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

jadeandherbunny's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Grief, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Incest and Abandonment

ashleysager's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Grief, Mental illness, Death, Abandonment, Abortion, and Car accident

Moderate: Classism, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

looloo_01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious relaxing sad 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

4.5

hard to start but finally really liked it !

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

honestlyyours77's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Miscarriage, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism

makenna_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical content, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Murder, Death of parent, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Incest

violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Cursing, Blood, Dementia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Sexism

lexa's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Dementia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy, Car accident, Infidelity, and Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage

Drowning

kshertz's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Dementia, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Murder, Incest, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Bullying, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.0

Catching up on my Karen McManus in honor of the new season of "One of Us is Lying" on Netflix (!); let it be known I am a sucker for a YA mystery, especially one that involves a convoluted family saga. That said, I'm bummed to say this is likely my least favorite of her published bunch -- it read too soap opera-y for me to get invested, and the pace is oddly slow despite the action that's packed inside. It happens -- they can't all be winners!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Dementia, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident