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Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson

40 reviews

sam_reads19's review against another edition

2.5

None of the characters really felt like themselves. The mystery itself was okay, and I much preferred reading about that than the mess the was Stevie and co. She should have dumped David books ago.

I don’t usually like cliffhangers, but for me this one is manageable because I don’t care that David is kissing someone else. They should have broken up forever ago, and I’m glad it happened in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

yoursparrow's review against another edition

4.0

David still has no character development beyond what was set in the first book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

grays_opinion's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Would have preferred more understanding as to why the first murder happened, but otherwise it was a good book with a good mystery. That last chapter was wild though.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity

rubyl28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I love the Truly Devious series. The books don't always hit the mark, but I don't really mind. Give me teen detectives solving cold cases! Why not! That said, I felt that the murder of the 90s far surpassed the present-day narrative here, and so my one complaint (if big) is that I wanted to spend the whole book in the Nine's company. It may also be my Cambridge/London bias...

A delight to devour all the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Medical content, and Alcohol

tanvi45's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Drug use and Infidelity

agiraffereads's review against another edition

Okay, so I'm probably gonna get a lot of hate for this. But I'm gonna say it anyway because this is my opinion on the book.

I liked the general idea, the mystery is intriguing.
But I was so annoyed with the details. This is supposed to be a young adult book, but the main people being investigated by the MC, which are the nine liars, are all sleeping around with everyone in their group, which the book clearly states. Also there are multiple gay/lesbian couples, no hate on that in general, just it gets quite a bit of attention (yes I knew there was one lesbian couple from the main series) and then at some point one of the other side characters has this whole talk with the MC that he is asexual and is like explaining it, etc. I just hate that it has to take up so much of the story that the mystery is just on the background. This is a young adult book for petesake. Idk in my opinion a ya book does not need this much attention on stuff like that. It felt like propaganda for the lgtbq+ community and not like the mystery book it claims to be. Hate me all you like for being honest but I was excited for the mystery, and it did not deliver.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Violence, and Murder

bookishlysophie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense 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

5.0

The clues in this book have a subtly and I love how it all connects in the end. An incredible standalone case in a solid series and something I’ll keep coming back to reading. I’d highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence and Murder

callidoralblack's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

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