Reviews tagging 'Grief'

One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

39 reviews

esm_359's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Death of parent, and Cancer

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Suicide

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

I really enjoyed this! Not as much as the first, but it was still really good. I just really like the characters she writes and I love that we got to see the characters from the first in this. Also how the events of the first book effects this one. Now it didn’t get interesting plot wise for the first like 50%(I don’t really care because I like the characters and relationships). The last part of this book I did not see coming my jaw dropped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Racism, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Body shaming, Grief, and Sexual assault

shiroofficial's review against another edition

5.0

Loved the book! Kept me captivated the whole time, it was amazing reading it! Really thrilling and i had great laughs from the book too! Loved the twists in the story. Awesome book, enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Hate crime, Medical content, Stalking, Child death, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

jadew2000's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, and Stalking

kjm_x's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

msradiosilence's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

2.0

Tldr; the plot was heavy on the character study and light on the murder mystery, which made it overall pretty boring. A disappointing sequel to a great first book.

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/one-of-us-is-next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Homophobia

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Not bad, better than the first in certain ways. I wish the characters (old and new) were a bit more fleshed out. I wanted to know more about them as people outside of the story. I was also hoping for more character development. I’ll definitely be reading the 3rd when it comes out in hopes of more development but I’m not betting on it.

I didn’t see the ending coming though, which was nice (crazy) surprise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Blood, Murder, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Grief, Bullying, Self harm, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Violence, Sexism, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, and Addiction

tomasalbanez's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Not as good as the first one, but still quite exciting in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Chronic illness

Moderate: Stalking, Sexism, Grief, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

Minor: Suicide

stellabyproxy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Going into this I was slightly less hopeful after the first book. I thought McManus’ writing was adequate but nothing spectacular. This book felt slightly more interesting to me than the first but I was slightly disappointed in how easily I was able to guess the plot twists. Overall a decent book.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Grief, Death, Murder, Cancer, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Stalking, Suicide, and Blood

breeinreadingland's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Bullying

Moderate: Chronic illness, Addiction, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Suicide