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Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

14 reviews

booklover26's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

I liked this book overall, but the first half was slow. The present was boring, while the past was interesting.

But after Hayes died, things started to ramp up and get interesting.

I read the majority of the second half in one day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Minor: Child death, Drug use, and Alcohol

mia_reads_books1119's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders

whewtaewoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Sexism

rissaandherbooks's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I legitimately love everything about this series. So, so good, and an absolute MUST READ for mystery lovers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Grief, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Alcohol

brookey8888's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this. I do have to say the mystery doesn’t happen really until almost 250 pages in. Which I don’t mind because I was enjoying the characters in the relationships forming I’m excited to see where this goes. I will be continuing. I also really like Stevie as a main character and 
I related to her a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, and Kidnapping

stormzx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

13+
more feet than there was murder

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Drug use

binches's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

I didn't expect to like this book so much. It has such a great story and the setting is absolutely fantastic.

Truly Devious tells the story of Stevie Bell, a girl with an obsession with true crime, as she gets the opportunity to live and study in an old school, ready to solve the murder that was committed there 70 years ago. Things change, however, when she is faced with the reality of what it means to be confronting death.

The book features a variety of characters, each of them likable and fleshed out in their own way. I loved how the story managed to shift the perception of a crime from something to just solve towards something that can be traumatic and horrifying. The writing, worldbuilding, characters, and dual timeline were done perfectly to tell an intriguing story about a girl who just wanted to find a dead body.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, and Cursing

Minor: Medical content, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Drug use

myleesimm's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

it was fun! a really good read :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Cursing, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Transphobia and Racism

stevie accidentally misgenders a character, idk if that'd be considered transphobia to most but to be safe i added the warning LOL

z_thatsit's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

mswarning's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

That ultra satisfying feeling of finishing a book for a deadline: book club. I've been way too much of a mood reader that any assigned reading has been really tough for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use