A review by adibasultana
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I truly wish one of them actually killed Simon rather than this whole thing being orchestrated by Simon as a dramatic school shooting-like suicide. Imagine the police never investigated how the peanut oil ended up in his body and all his planning was for no reason.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, and Mass/school shootings