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A review by trudy1963
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
3.0
2.5 Stars - #52booksin52weeks Prompt #1 - Locked-room mystery
I love locked-room mysteries but should have chosen a different one. Not because this is poorly written or anything like that. I just don't typically enjoy teen/young adult books and should have paid more attention. But, I heard so many good reviews and would recommend this book to people who enjoy Young Adult because it is clever.
The story revolves around a death that occurs during a detention with the students in the detention being the only real suspects. I thought the author did a great job of planting the question in the reader's mind about why were these particular students in this detention.
We then follow the students as they try to figure out who did it and all the social anxieties surrounding the secrets they're trying to hide and why there were secrets in the first place. This is key to understanding why the death, the students, etc. are involved in this. The police were semi-incompetent (not looking at all possibilities) and the media were relentless which added to the stress and anxiety the students were feeling.
Overall, I thought the story was fine. I did figure out who did it early in the book but there was one twist at the end that I thought was extremely clever and didn't see coming. Kudos to the author for that!
I love locked-room mysteries but should have chosen a different one. Not because this is poorly written or anything like that. I just don't typically enjoy teen/young adult books and should have paid more attention. But, I heard so many good reviews and would recommend this book to people who enjoy Young Adult because it is clever.
The story revolves around a death that occurs during a detention with the students in the detention being the only real suspects. I thought the author did a great job of planting the question in the reader's mind about why were these particular students in this detention.
We then follow the students as they try to figure out who did it and all the social anxieties surrounding the secrets they're trying to hide and why there were secrets in the first place. This is key to understanding why the death, the students, etc. are involved in this. The police were semi-incompetent (not looking at all possibilities) and the media were relentless which added to the stress and anxiety the students were feeling.
Overall, I thought the story was fine. I did figure out who did it early in the book but there was one twist at the end that I thought was extremely clever and didn't see coming. Kudos to the author for that!