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

fast-paced

3.25

ddfffdsjahahhshsjagdgshabvdhd. the ending definitely got me. i heard some people saw it coming but i definitely did not. this book humbled me; i was wrong the entire time. but it’s easy to be wrong when reading this book, it’s meant to stump you (at least, if you don’t read other teenage-high school-murder mysteries). it was really good right up at the end, when we got the plot twist. i thought it dragged a bit for the last 20-30 or so pages, but that doesn’t matter that much. other than that, i really enjoyed the romance, and i thought the characters all had their positives and negatives. now for my complaints. the writing? bland and juvenile. it’s set in a high school, i know i shouldn’t have expected much, but still i was so disappointed by how cheesy it could be sometimes. why does everyone cheat on each other in this book? (this is not a spoiler, don’t worry lol it’s prevalent right from the start). i wonder, is it to make a certain couple stand out? is it to carry the plot? i’m not sure, but it was really annoying at times (very annoying at times). also, i felt like coopers character wasn’t very rounded out until around the middle of the book. i liked his character after a certain something got revealed, but before that i felt like he was just pure baseball. i don’t like baseball, i’m biased here. to summarize, it’s a nice guilty pleasure read for me. i know it’s a corny stereotypical book but i enjoyed it lol.
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