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Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson

9 reviews

mariposa517's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.0

I really enjoyed this. It was going to be 4.5 stars, and then the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Infidelity, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, Suicide, Torture, Excrement, Medical content, and Death of parent

kimtazo's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Gore and Violence

lyla_wicks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

johnson (like always) did a great job at setting the atmosphere for the book, and - as someone who lives in london - i found it very interesting to see it through a visitor’s point of view. a lot of the book did feel like it was focused on what was going on in the characters’ lives (college applications, relationship drama etc.), and, while i did enjoy reading about this, i wish that we saw more about the actual mystery throughout it, and that some more details were mentioned before the reveal to make it more tense. as for the ending, i felt really frustrated about the cliffhanger, as it seemed like

all of david’s character development (and his and stevie’s relationship development) had been for nothing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol

rissaandherbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

I still loved this book, but it just wasn't the same as the others in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

skyfluff8's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

megritchey's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.75

Great read - just be prepared for an infuriating cliffhanger ending!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Gore, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Murder

bookishgoob's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

e_flah's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.0

I loved being back in the Truly Devious world even though I didn't find the mystery of Nine Liars as gripping as some of those in earlier installments. Stevie and her friends' drastically different approaches to handling the pressure of senior year reminded me a lot of my own experiences. This was a really great way to get to know these characters on an even deeper level. I was completely blindsided by

David breaking up with Stevie, which is a cliffhanger I need answers to desperately

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Nine Liars was a solid read and I will happily read Truly Devious books as long as Maureen Johnson wants to write them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder