Reviews tagging 'Death'

Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus

65 reviews

pianoplayer279's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

A great murder mystery by an amazing author. Age 13+

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

emily_mh's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

The first 60% of this was a one-star read which is the main reason behind my low rating for this book. Instead of being a mystery/thriller it was actually a dry, insta-lovey romance with a mystery side plot. Little investigation was carried out. You could go entire chapters without new information being uncovered. To top it off one of the MCs, Brynn, was so bland. There was absolutely nothing that made her stand apart from other MCs in the genre. I was just so hugely bored and could find no redeeming qualities in this section. 

The last 40% was an improvement, being more like a four star read. There were some intriguing developments and actual investigation and for the first time I felt entertained. I ended up liking where the mystery ended up. Tripp became a dimensional character as we got insight into his guilt and shame. He underwent some serious development in offloading this, and trusting and connecting with others. Even the romance started to improve because the MCs were pretty natural around each other. 

However, even in this last section I had criticisms. Unlike Tripp, Brynn didn’t get any development. I feel like we were supposed to see that she had learnt to balance her journalism with people’s emotions, but this was not conveyed well as she still kept pushing for answers at other people’s expense until the very end. I also wish that the book had offered a critique of true crime seeing as it attempted to look at journalism with nuance (even though I don’t think this was well done either). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Alcohol, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Classism, Stalking, Kidnapping, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Grief, Vomit, Confinement, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Ableism, Blood, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Major: binge drinking Minor: sick parent, divorce, adoption

danielle_farris's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was so good. There was a plot twist around every turn! It kept it interesting and entertaining. I would strongly recommend reading this book, especially if you have read One of Us is Lying by this same author. There might even be a reference, but if you don’t get it don’t worry, it won’t effect the plot or anything. It was kind of like an Easter egg! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, and Death

Minor: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Car accident, and Kidnapping

The book does not go into detail about the death/murder very much. But if alcohol, car accidents, domestic abuse, gun violence, kidnapping, or death is a sensitive topic, you probably should not read it

marit_1305's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Grief

lias_library22's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Grief, Abandonment, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Car accident

spookily's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Car accident, Classism, Gun violence, Blood, Bullying, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Dementia, Homophobia, Child abuse, Classism, and Cursing

bertrandlm's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Alcohol

carloscapy's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

It was a bit confusing and took a while to get to the point, but it was good in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, Blood, Alcohol, Confinement, and Death

chloek608's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

 I recommend this book if you like: 
-YA mystery 
-high school setting 
-whodunnit 

I am a big fan of Karen M. McManus books which all started with One of Us is Lying. I have enjoyed all her books and they are so easy to read yet have a lot of mystery and intrigue packed into them. The covers and sprayed book edges also make a beautiful addition to my collection. 

Brynn is returning her hometown and her old school for senior year. She has also landed a cool internship with a crime tv show where she pitched the idea of looking into a cold case which is right on her doorstep. Her old teacher was murdered in the woods and three of her classmates found him. Were they involved in the murder or just in the wrong place at the wrong time? 

Brynn reunites with her ex-best friend Tripp. He was one of the classmates involved but is he guilty of anything? 

This whodunnit kept me guessing until the end and I didn’t see it coming! 

Brynn had to quit her job at Motive to prove loyalty to her friends, although it didn’t stop her investigation. She uncovered that the teacher Mr Larkin had changed his name and was looking to reconnect with his younger brother who studied at the school. This turned out to be Mason. Somehow Charlotte had overheard a conversation which led her to believe that Mr Larkin’s brother was actually Shane, her boyfriend. Mr Larkin posed a threat to his brother by telling their abusive father where he could find Mason. Charlotte would do anything to protect her boyfriend so she did the ultimate crazy girlfriend move and killed their teacher.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Car accident, Kidnapping, and Murder

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder