Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

87 reviews

cammiem8's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

I don’t like multiple POVs and figured out the whodunnit aspect about a third of the way in, but it was interesting enough to hold my attention to the end of the book. I don’t feel the need to read the sequels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Homophobia

Moderate: Misogyny and Addiction

Minor: Car accident and Cancer

stormzx's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

13+
such a great book. one of my favourite.

tropes:
-bad boy x good girl
-murder mystery

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Car accident and Outing

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

mj_hyperfixation_station's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

holy crap! I bought this book ages ago and it stayed on my shelf forever. I didn't expect much, not being into murder mysteries but I was blow away with the writing. I fell in love with all the character within 20 pages, and was loudly cursing the annoying ones.

when I started this I didn't like addy and thought she was the murderer but after about 50 pages; her dumping a toxic piece of crap boyfriend, cutting and dying her hair, and just becoming an overall badass I feel in love. Nate and Bronwyn where absolutely adorable and yes I do think that they were a little rushed but not in a bad way. Cooper and Kris became one of my favorite couples and both deserve the world. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Outing, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Death, Self harm, and Grief

Minor: Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Car accident, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts

safety_pin's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gaslighting, Murder, Alcohol, Death, Child death, Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Outing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Cursing, and Homophobia

Minor: Car accident

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

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

syd991's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

I’m not sure how I feel about this book. The concept is interesting, but the writing didn’t sit right with me. I know there’s lots of people who enjoy this book, and I can understand why, it’s just not my personal cup of tea.

Each of the main 4 characters felt like a typical high-schooler cliche, you have the brains, the jock, the criminal, and the popular one. It’s part of the story, but it almost felt superficial for me.

I enjoyed the mystery aspect, although I feel like I could guess at it from the first few chapters. It almost felt too obvious.

I don’t know if I’ll pick up the sequel just yet, but I’m intrigued enough to watch the TV show adaptation. Overall, it was okay, I just didn’t love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Terminal illness, Transphobia, Self harm, Physical abuse, Outing, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Car accident

greenapplescented250's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Murder, Outing, Suicide, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Gun violence, Alcoholism, and Mass/school shootings

miakeough's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Addiction, Cursing, Murder, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Medical content, Cancer, Car accident, Homophobia, and Mass/school shootings