Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

81 reviews

breereadsalot_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

hannah__12's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book is absolutely amazing. I could not stop reading it!

I totally thought that it was Phoebe behind everything since she was so adamant about Maeve not looking at the revenge forums. I was very surprised to find out it was Emma (her older sister). Then I found out it was Owen!?!? By the last chapter, I was sure that the plot twists were over so I was not prepared to find that out. I wonder if anyone else will find out that it was Owen that continued the messages.

This book has a lot of great twists and turns.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

elisabethslibary's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I personally found the first book better (although this is also brilliant) because everything seemed to be more connected and hence, the whole story was more fucked up and everything came more unexpectedly. Apart from that, the first book discusses serious issues like

outing Someone without them being ready or homosexuality in sports or class differences or how rich people have advantages in the justice system because of their wealth

. However, there are also important issues discussed in this novel and Karen McManus has written a grabbing and thrilling story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, and Hate crime

ghostyv's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

elephant_girl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

larabezzina'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Vomit, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Stalking

witcheslovingwitches's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Bullying, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Drug use, Vomit, and Alcohol

paperback_moon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Death, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

jessg_24's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, and Stalking

foldsea's review against another edition

informative mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Child death, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit