Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

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

83 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

haz19's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Classism, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Adult/minor relationship

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

g_bann's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

c100's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Infidelity

thebankofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Murder, Child death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Gun violence and Pedophilia

aclisham's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

ok euphoria’s younger sister

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Physical abuse

misslisag's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction

chaoschali's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, and Violence

booksnest's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.5

Karen M. McManus holds the mantle as queen of YA thriller, she writes tense and compelling stories that always give me goosebumps. I have to say You’ll Be the Death of Me wasn’t as strong as her previous writings and at times the story felt a little ridiculous. But I did have fun reading it, which is what I ideally want from my reading experience with YA thrillers. 

The characters could have done with a little more depth and they felt a little bland and done. But the story was clever in the end and I liked seeing it all map out. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Death