Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

40 reviews

neptune83's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

This book was amazing! I was tense most of the second half of the book lol. The build up and foreshadowing were fantastic as more and more pieces of the mystery were uncovered. The flashbacks really added to the atmosphere and building intensity. I still like One of Us is Lying a little bit more, but this book could easily beat it out with a reread or two. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Car accident, Murder, Death, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.0

This YA mystery thriller throws the reader around so many twists and turns, that when a surprise twisted ending happens, you feel like you've survived the most thrilling rollercoaster ride ever. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Dementia, Miscarriage, Murder, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Pregnancy

deadgirlwalking23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Death, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Incest

erinlilym's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I found this book a bit hard to get into at the start. Later in the book it definitely got better. The plottwists were really interesting and i really wanted to know how the book ends. I would recommend it if you like books with plottwist and mystery vibes. It’s not my favourite book ever but i still really liked it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Vomit

shiroofficial's review against another edition

3.0

Its not bad… but not particularly that interesting to me… i found it to be rather boring and draggy, except when eventually the story came together and secrets were unfolded, the concept was really good. But the book itself was draggy and a slow for me… didn’t find it captivating for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Addiction, Cursing, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Car accident, and Medical content

childoflight's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Death, and Addiction

Moderate: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Infidelity

kstericker's review

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Dementia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Body shaming, Car accident, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Incest

ladylovestead's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

This books has multiple timelines and multiple POVs. It is consistent with Karen M. McManus's other books. It's a thriller with some fun twists and turns. The families are dysfunctional and most of the characters are pretty well developed. If you like thrillers set in the Martha's Vineyard area, you might enjoy this. If I was a teenager, I would have been obsessed. As an adult, I still enjoyed it so long as I didn't think about the logic of the resolution too much. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Murder, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Miscarriage

Minor: Car accident, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

silver_lining_in_a_book's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

taylorblumberg's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

Slow start but a good ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Alcoholism