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One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

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vivisms_82's review against another edition

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dark mysterious

3.25

It was ok. Not as good as the first one but still fine. I was hoping for more Cooper, Nate, Addy and Bronwyn. But instead we got a rather vanilla bunch. Ok Maeve had some highlights and Knox was a sweetheart but that don't make them interesting. Very weak plotline where the students do not tell an adult/the police about the nasty chat forums or truth or dare rubbish because they didn't want their phones taken away?? WTF? After what happened in the first book the teens wouldn't tell someone? Really? Oh well, I did read on I guess.
I did guess that Emma was involved but I did not think Owen had anything to do with it - that was a surprise! As a girl with a much younger brother, I could completely empathise with Emma and Phoebe not exposing Owen's part to the detective and their mother. After all, Emma was heavily to blame for what happened. Brandon was a brat 
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auds_wright's review against another edition

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

4.5

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hypofocus's review against another edition

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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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bookbugbex's review against another edition

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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? No

4.5

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natasha_dean's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

It just ends?!?!?!?!
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lias_library22's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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dramagirl2003's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

the drama! the suspense!! the plot twists!!! I loved every chapter!!!! 
when I realised the MCs were different this time I was slightly apprehensive, but I was hooked from the first page!! I loved the appearances from characters in the first book
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mone1313's review against another edition

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emotional funny mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition

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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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bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

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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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