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A review by sarahthenerd
One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
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
5.0
Holy shit.
First of, One of Us Is Next > One of Us Is Lying.
This book is more relaxed, less tense and suspense than the first one. I really love that this book is not only surrounding the main victims but also other people to avoid any suspicious.
I love that the Bayview Four was also included in this book and omg, Chapter 8 was like "holy shit" and "😩" and Chapter 31 when Nate and Bronwyn made an appearance was totally 😩. And I love that they're out of the high school gossip which makes it a lot more amaze because just like Maeve once said “𝙄𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘽𝙖𝙮𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮'𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨.”
Also this book is very different from all the mysterious and crime book I've read because in this book, there's two mysteries that the characters need to solve.
Also can't wait for the third book, the cliffhanger was leaving me on the very edge of the cliff. There is so much explanations that need to be explained because the cliffhanger literally doesn't make sense why he did it.
And I hope for the One of Us Is Lying TV adaptation will be similar to this. If not almost. Because I want to see the new characters on screen.
First of, One of Us Is Next > One of Us Is Lying.
This book is more relaxed, less tense and suspense than the first one. I really love that this book is not only surrounding the main victims but also other people to avoid any suspicious.
I love that the Bayview Four was also included in this book and omg, Chapter 8 was like "holy shit" and "😩" and Chapter 31 when Nate and Bronwyn made an appearance was totally 😩. And I love that they're out of the high school gossip which makes it a lot more amaze because just like Maeve once said “𝙄𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘽𝙖𝙮𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮'𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨.”
Also this book is very different from all the mysterious and crime book I've read because in this book, there's two mysteries that the characters need to solve.
Also can't wait for the third book, the cliffhanger was leaving me on the very edge of the cliff. There is so much explanations that need to be explained because the cliffhanger literally doesn't make sense why he did it.
And I hope for the One of Us Is Lying TV adaptation will be similar to this. If not almost. Because I want to see the new characters on screen.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Bullying, and Cancer
Minor: Racism