Reviews tagging 'Violence'

One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

34 reviews

beth_orourke's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.0

Honestly wasn’t sold until near the end, but wow the ending🤯

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Cancer, Medical trauma, Murder, Death, and Stalking

Moderate: Violence and Mental illness

lordefarquaad's review against another edition

3.0

wow. the ending really got me lol. but i miss the bayview four, i feel like i was expecting more of them in this book. and i really felt like

Emma was just another Janae, in on the whole thing, very upset, spills everything at the end of the book

. but i’m not mad at this. it shocked me just like the first one. i felt like i would’ve liked it more if bronwyn and nate were in it tho, so i’m always kind of biased. bronwyn + nate 4ever

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

greenapplescented250's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Cancer, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Stalking, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Addiction, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

camlreads_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

2.5

the plot on this one was better than the first book , but i love the character on "one of us i lying" more . Knox basically carried this book !! cuz without him i probably would've dnf it 
 

the og4 was featured in this book too . i love that I could read about  them more after the Simon incident . Nate and Bronwyn !!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

nastyabbj's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Bullying, and Physical abuse

readwithde's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.25

I absolutely tore through this book, and as much as I loved the main characters, I didn't like the mystery, or, to be fair, several mysteries that happened to be connected.

There was the Truth or Dare game,

the Intense Guy, the threats for Eli, and then the personal problems (Knox's family life and love life, Maeve's leukemia possibly returning, Phoebe's dad's death).

When you add in the other people at school, the cameos of the Bayside Four, and all the other side characters, it was quite overwhelming. 

I feel like the answer to the mysteries was a bit convoluted and trite. The fact that the ending was a bit vague and cut off makes it even worse; there are no answers about what happens next, what happens to their lives, which for me was a big plus in the first book.

Overall, worth reading for the amazing characters and world, but not for the actual mystery.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Bullying, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Stalking

Minor: Cancer, Violence, Murder, and Sexual content

witcheslovingwitches's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Bullying, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Drug use, Vomit, and Alcohol

paperback_moon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Death, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

jessg_24's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, and Stalking

foldsea's review against another edition

informative mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Child death, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit