Review by outsidestar - One of Us Is Lying

outsidestar 's review for:

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

2.5

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was okay. It was a quick, entertaining read, but I was expecting more from it.

The best way to describe this is Gossip Girl meets Pretty Little Liars. Yes, we did have the mystery part going on, but I was way more invested in the relationship between Bronwyn and Nate than I was in finding out who killed Simon. This book would've been completely boring without that romance brewing. They're the equivalents to Blair and Chuck... although he is called Nate. Maybe that was totally intentional?

Anyways, it was crystal clear to me from the beginning that

the killer wasn't among the four of them

and the big reveal didn't come as such a surprise, which I guess was kinda the whole point - for it to be a surprise, I mean.

I did enjoy the characters, though, or at least most of them. I especially liked Addy's character arc. I kept rolling my eyes at her in the beginning and then I ended up wanting to befriend her.

So yeah, this has good things going for it and not so good things. It's an entertaining read, but I'll probably forget everything about it in a couple weeks.

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