Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

93 reviews

tomasalbanez's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Outing

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Suicide, and Homophobia

Minor: Addiction, Misogyny, Alcoholism, and Mass/school shootings

itsmemiana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

Y'ALL I'M OFFICIALLY OBSESSED-
I loved this book so much. it kept me entertained from start to finish. I'm completely obsessed with Nate and Bronwyn, and I also really like Cooper and although I didn't really like Addy in the beginning (because her entire personality revolved around her boyfriend), she had amazing character development by the second half of the book and became a badass.

I was trying really hard not to get attached to any of the characters for obvious reasons but it was inevitable to me.

I was constantly changing my opinion on my suspicions and I was sooo scared that I wouldn't like the ending because I was having so much fun with this book, but I actually liked the ending, it was satisfying to me.

can I just say, again, that I absolutely love Nate and Bronwyn? yeah, cause I was obsessed with them. 😩❤️

I can't wait to read the second book.

(see content warnings, there might be some things that trigger you)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Outing

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Abandonment, Cancer, and Gun violence

fallandfox's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexism, Infidelity, Suicide, Outing, Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Gun violence

pictvresque's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Homophobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Mental illness and Infidelity

Minor: Drug use

emilysreadingbooks'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, and Outing

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Self harm, Gun violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Car accident

_christinadevin's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

It was an easy read and pretty entertaining. I enjoyed the different characters and found them all interesting enough. I liked seeing them change as their lives unraveled and they all ended up better off than they started. The ending was meh, not super shocking but it made sense enough.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Infidelity, and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia and Mass/school shootings

archiedh's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Writing is very 'book aimed at teenagers' which can make it a little cringeworthy at times but the plot is engaging and relatively unpredictable so it's a solid, light-hearted murder-mystery novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Outing, and Homophobia

Minor: Cancer, Alcohol, Infidelity, and Bullying

gailsage_thomps'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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Suicide, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Bullying, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Gun violence, Sexual content, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Drug use, and Sexism

dominic_t'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was great. I couldn't stop reading it. It's fast paced with plenty of twists. The characters are interesting, and the growth they show is great. I would definitely recommend this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug use, Alcoholism, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Homophobia and Infidelity

Minor: Self harm

tayloremmap's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I wasn’t a fan of this book. I had high hopes for it but I thought it dragged through the first 3/4 of the book and then all of a sudden, with very little lead-up, the mystery was solved and everything was good as could be.

The characters weren’t very likeable either, the only one I was rooting for was Cooper. Bronwyn was precocious, Nate was a predictable, and Addy’s character arc felt one-dimensional and fell flat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Outing, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, Mass/school shootings, Infidelity, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, and Chronic illness