Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

115 reviews

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Bullying, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide

t1k1_bab3r's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Sexism, Murder, Child death, Death of parent, and Cancer

I’ve had this book in my TBR for over a year, I really enjoyed One of us is lying but I only read this one because I wanted to read the final book in the series

kkuecker218's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer

viertelvorvier's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

creativeworld's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Not as good as the first one but still an enjoyable read. The second half was more fast paced than the first half

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Murder, Violence, Medical content, Death, and Death of parent

jana_mn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual assault, Addiction, Deadnaming, Death, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Bullying, and Death of parent

lily1304's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Cancer, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicide

Describes a bombing

kccool12255's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

What. The. Actual. Heck. It has been a while since I was so completely mystified by a book’s ending, but this one managed that. I’d maybe even dare to say this ending is better than the first, because everything’s up in the air. I do mostly prefer Bronwyn and Nate to Luis and Maeve, but I think that’s majorly because I love enemies to lovers (and bad boy x nerdy girl). Maeve and Knox’s friendship was AWESOME, I love friendships like that. I didn’t see ANY of the plot twists coming. The point is, we got our ships, and that is what matters. I LOVE this series, and the author is a genius. 

I recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed the first book, and murder mysteries.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Minor: Grief, Cursing, and Sexual content

avaree's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

This book was very good and I finished it within two days. There were many twists and turns that made it harder to put the book down. The ending was very interesting with Owen and adds ties to the beginning which I liked. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Death of parent, Addiction, and Suicide

julierambaeck's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This was fine, enjoyable, crazy. The romances were great

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Suicide and Stalking