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Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus

31 reviews

bmceleney's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death and Kidnapping

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 This was probably my favorite one of her books. I didn't care for the sorta unclear ending, but I did like that the killer wasn't glaringly obvious from the beginning. It also dealt well with trauma and how people deal with trauma. I could have lived without the romance, but it still at least made sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Kidnapping

capybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Mental illness, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Classism, Gun violence, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

m4rtt4's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

Not as top-tier as her other books have been, but still a compelling and addictive read! There were too many little subplots for my liking, it was a little too confusing to keep up with all the new names and roles. Props for the author for always managing to write great YA mysteries, I don't usually read that genre but her books are an excellent exception! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Car accident, Violence, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Alcoholism

cateemma's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Violence

beckyremillard's review against another edition

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? No

4.5

Brynn is a high school student who pitches an idea for a story about the murder of her teacher in order to get an internship. 

Brynn’s teacher, Mr. Larkin, was murdered ten years ago. One of the students who found him, Trip, used to be Brynn’s best friend, until shortly before Mr. Larkin’s murder. 

The story is told by both Brynn and Trip. It was nice to see the story from both perspectives but I didn’t feel like Trip added a lot. 

I get that we’re supposed to be led all over with the characters before the big reveal, but some major plot points seemed anti-climatic (Ex, revealing who is Mr. Larkin’s half-brother). It just seemed a bit rushed at the end and we didn’t even get a real ending. I get Brynn has her theory, but she’s hasn’t really been right all that often so that doesn’t tie it up for me.

Otherwise, I enjoy this author’s writing and would read another book she writes. I just don’t feel like it is quite as good as One of Us Is Lying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Murder, and Blood

themoodreader's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

halfbloodprincess_hogwarts's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I really loved Nothing more to tell and pray that it's true to its title because phew!!! This was just overwhelming. Atleast the Law and Order series gives you a break every now and then with the  DUN-DUN sound. This is one of those titles where I felt it was necessary lol. The Plot kept thickening and twisting. I kept thinking "GOOD LORD!!! WHAT ELSE COULD HAPPEN?!?!?!?😩😰"

I honestly could not have predicted so many plot twists and gave up guessing what was happening next. This book feels like those videos of erratic, twisting slides people, for some reason, enjoy and you see them unable to grip  anything and slamming into the walls.. Well, that's how I felt while listening to the audio....I LOVED IT!!!🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Violence, and Confinement

calamitywindpetal's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Bullying, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Pedophilia and Sexual harassment

a_alves00's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 

If you've followed Ms for long enough, you'd know by now I much I love Karen McManus. And as soon as I saw that she was releasing a new book, you can bet that I pre ordered it straight away! 

I love, love, love YA Mysteries!! And this one did not disappoint! It had the romance part which as much as I know it's a mystery book, I can't leave without! I didn't see the twist coming at all and the ending was just damn! 

I always love McManus' characters! Even though they're supposed to be teens and I am a couple years past my teens, I can still relate to them pretty well! Not entirely, because mind the UK school system is very different from the US but some things just don't change. 

Even though it does involve death, its not too graphic unlike so other YA Mysteries I have read. Which to me is great. My brother is 11 and I still probably let him read it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail