Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus, Karen M. McManus

37 reviews

eddine's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.75

JUST finished this tday

it was an okay book. probs a good beginner for murder/mystery books

the way i was just rooting for bronwyn and nate at the beginning😌✊🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicide, Grief, Outing, and Abandonment

witcheslovingwitches's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Violence and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

erica_noelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Murder, and Outing

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

gaylien420's review against another edition

mysterious

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.25

Oh boy, this was a quick, but dissappointing read. The way mental illness and suicide is handled in this book is beyond bad. Take almost everything problematic from "13 reasons why" and mix it with a breakfast club type cast and you got this book. Sad to see that authors still handle triggering topics like suicide in such awful, careless ways. Extremely graphic and triggering. On top of that, the ending and reveal were rather unsatisfying.
2.5 stars and those are purely for my love for Nate's character. 

Here's my entire list of content warnings:
- sexism, slut-shaming, bullying, homophobia
- drugs, addiction 
- discussions of cancer
- suicide discussed (detailed), extremely triggering; ableism, saneism, demonizing mental illnesses
- parental neglect
- possible misgendering
- school shootings discussed 
- controlling boyfriends
- forced coming out as LGBTQ+

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Alcohol

agoldendear'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book wasn't exactly what I expected--I was thinking it would be more mystery-heavy. Not that it didn't involve people trying to solve a murder case, but it was much more focused on the personal lives and character development of the book's main characters than I was hoping for. That was a little disappointing, but I still ended up liking the book for the most part. The main characters had depth, and I didn't hate anyone aside from the characters I was supposed to hate. Overall, this wasn't my favorite mystery I've ever read, but I did end up enjoying it for the most part.

Parts that did annoy me (a bit more spoilery, so I'm sticking them all in a spoiler warning):

1. This book basically portrays the police as useless--they can't find any evidence except for incredibly shaky stuff and generally seem pretty incompetent. Of course, I know that police aren't perfect in real life (or even good a lot of the time) but they should be able to conduct an investigation better than a bunch of teenagers in a fictional setting. They literally put someone in jail due to a bit of falsified evidence that these teenagers rightfully point out as being incredibly suspicious. I feel like this is a common thing in teenage-focused mystery novels.
2. Man, those teenagers were horny. They were often either making out with someone or thinking about making out with someone. I mean, that's probably realistic to teenagers, I guess? Not that it took away from the rest of the plot, it's just not something I am particularly interested in, so take my frustration with a grain of salt. I did like the main relationship in the book, though. Those two were fun together.
3. I did not like the breakup at the end. To clarify--I understood why Nate wanted to do it, but it was frustrating because it felt tacked onto the end of the book and he was tuning out everyone who was trying to be on his side. And then we don't get to see any of his perspective from the time he broke up with her to the time when they got back together, so I'm not sure why he decided to fix things. He just got convinced to do it...somehow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Transphobia and Vomit

megan_deathe's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

Really fun read! The ending was predictable but the characters were enjoyable to read about, so if you enjoy character development then this may be a good book for you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

ioanaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Suicide attempt