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

52 reviews

parchmentpages92's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Drug use

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

xelinevn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use

whatrhireads22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Violence, Murder, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, and Kidnapping

rbe274738's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.25

OMG Mateo and Ivy. Im obsessed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Pedophilia, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Gun violence

bretagnereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Murder, and Drug use

Minor: Gun violence and Death of parent

readalongwithnat's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

5.0

Karen M. McManus, you sneaky little bitch!!!! I hate everyone in this book ok jk I just hate like half of them but they are perfectly terrible characters. I stayed up hours past my bedtime two nights in a row because I couldn’t stop reading. Thank god I can get some sleep tonight except I won’t because DAMN THAT ENDING. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, and Violence

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

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Infidelity and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Car accident

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