Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus

4 reviews

styxx's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Abandonment

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

3.75

Karen M McManus is very reliable in writing entertaining YA murder mystery thrillers, and this was no exception. This was not my favorite of hers (my fav remains to be “one of us is lying” ) but it was still solid/good! I predicted one of the twists, but that final act twist was very unexpected!! Overall, I recommend if you are a fan of McManus’ other books! 

Age rating: 14+ (violence, language, no sexual content) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

   This is one of her better ones! I found it less predictable, but I'm sure some people saw the main villain coming, I didn't however. There were enough villains that it was hard to tell who was truly evil and who wasn't. 

   There was a diversity in sexuality, with one bi/pan character, and one gay main character. But no diversity in the race of the characters, who were all white.

    Overall, I found it enjoyable, though a bit darker than the author's other books. The MCs were likable but a lot of the lesser characters weren't. 

Narrator(s) Rating: 4.5 stars

   The narrators did an excellent job. They could have used a bit more vocal differences to characters for a 5-star rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

The toxic relationships are between Gem and pretty much everyone. As well as Jamie and Kat's dad, whose name I can't remember.

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Karen McManus writes, I read. Simple as that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent