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

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luananki's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

i’m sad that i read other people’s reviews before writing mine because i actually enjoyed this one, i loved the characters, the twists the plot took and i also liked the ending a lot.
i’m just not sure how i feel about the romantic aspects of the story but they are all in high school so it was to be expected to play this big of a role

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holliesatchell's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

3.0

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vivireads99's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? No

3.5

I just found this book a little lack luster. I enjoyed some of the twists and turns but this book just wasn’t for me!

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bzliz's review against another edition

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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? No

2.75

If you’ve read other books by Karen M McManus or Holly Jackson then you’ve basically read this also. It’s a quick read about a Type A high schooler attempting to solve a crime- which she is accused of committing- with two friends, with a smidge of light romance (despite having almost no chemistry). It could easily be a cut plot line from Riverdale but it’s a quick read and fast paced enough that you won’t stop to think about how a lot of it makes no sense until you’ve finished it.

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wheelygoodreads's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

2.5

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deadgirlwalking23's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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mousmoulo's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.0

disclaimer: this book was mandatory reading for a class. if it hadn't been, i would've dnf-ed it 1/4 of the way in, if i'd even picked it up at all. so overly negative review ahead, because i found the book genuinely insufferable and yet i didn't really have the option to stop reading, so i powered through it and now i'm unreasonably angry at it. sorry i guess?

pros: it was fast-paced and only a little over 300 pages so i got it over with pretty fast (thank god). some characters were tolerable towards the end. the purple pages are pretty.

cons... welp

in short: the plot was weak, the mystery (which was the most interesting thing about the book) was pushed to the background for the sake of the pettiest, most stupid teenage drama i've read in years, the build-up was hardly worth it, nothing made sense, nearly every single character was the worst human being, and the romance was boring and had no reason to be there at all except push the aforementioned teenage drama.

special shout-out: ivy, being a horrible person that is forgiven by everybody and somehow presented as a sort of hero in the end, has to be the worst character i've read in a book in a very long time. half the reason why it was so insufferable to read was her.

i read ‘two can keep a secret’ earlier this year and i found it okay, but i was right back then when i decided that mcmanus is just not for me (whoever said that reading one of her books is like you've basically read all of them was right). this was just painful to get through and i'm just SO glad it's over.

if you enjoy this author's books... go for it i guess? also if you're into drama. definitely if you're into drama.

there's some recency bias going on here because i was forced to read this against my will and it irritated me to hell and back (obviously lol). maybe at some point in the future i'll be able to think about this without wanting to throw punches, but until then here's a rant.

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