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You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus

18 reviews

frantically's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective 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

3.0

An interesting enough story but one that sadly just didn't grip me enough. After not liking "The Cousins" too, I'm thinking this will be it for me and McManus.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, and Car accident

Minor: Alcohol

max_nico's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gun violence

rachelizx'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident, Death, and Death of parent

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

I loved this book so much! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Vomit

Also somewhat graphic depictions of drowning

kimnie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

mayaweaver's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

 📖Review: You’ll Be the Death of Me📖 

By: Karen M McManus 

Genre: YA mystery 

Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️•✨/ 5 

[TW: murder, violence, adult (teacher)/minor (student) relationship, drug use, drug dealing, chronic illness, parental abandonment] 

 

🟢 What I liked: 

↪️ Simplistic: the writing was very simplistic, making this excellent read for younger YA audiences, such as people between 11-14. The book does not require any deep thinking and is fairly straightforward 

 

🔴 What I didn’t like: 

↪️ Generic: I loved One of Us Is Lying and Two Can Keep a Secret, however with McManus’s later books, I am finding them to be extremely generic – a handful of teenagers somehow get involved in a murder that they have to solve within a certain time range (that would be highly impossible for even trained police and detectives) while also overcoming all their little secrets from years back. It’s just not as engaging anymore – I want to read a unique YA mystery with unique characters, and this book wasn’t it 

↪️ Suspense: it just wasn’t there. I read the book quickly because it was a straightforward text, however I wasn’t ever on the edge of my seat needing to know what would happen next 

↪️ Conclusion: due to the lack of suspense, I wasn’t intrigued by the conclusion, which was written as a cliffhanger for McManus’s next release, which I assume will be the next in the series. It felt rushed and extremely far-fetched, with many things left (most likely to be revealed in the next book), but it hasn’t meant that I’m desperate for the next book (I’m actually considering not reading it) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Chronic illness, Drug use, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

amandathebookishlibrarian's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Cursing

Minor: Drug use

wondernaut55's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

A simple young-teen true crime. Ferris Bueller (so self aware there was a cheeky reference thrown in) meets S1 Riverdale. Takes place in one day and is a quick read with a heavy focus on character relationships, and less so on the crime that attempts to be interwoven through the world our author sets up. The three main characters are fun, but peripheral characters weren’t fleshed out enough to get me excited to read about them in any follow-up sequels, such as close recommendation “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder”. Overall, I enjoyed reading this casually over a few sittings, and I’d recommend it to anyone looking for a sleuth-y, but not too dark read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit