Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

16 reviews

emilyhiegll's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

abbyreadsbigbooks123's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lilareads5678's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

liked the book but not super memorable.

it didn’t end how i wanted it too like wdym it was suicide

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer, Hate crime, Self harm, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mass/school shootings and Alcohol

cararowen's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Stalking, Outing, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mirjv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

rory18's review against another edition

I already deal with enough of people assuming I'm/people are grateful to be disabled because we're lazy in real life, and enough demonization of "scary" mental illnesses. I don't need to deal with that in this book 🙄

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

hypofocus's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.0

Amazing pacing, fully fleshed out characters, decent twist. A fun time and a well rounded read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Misogyny and Gaslighting

maeri's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

it was good and fun. it wasnt anthing that shocked me or made me feel any intense emotions but i enjoyed it. i guessed the ending about 82 pages in and i wasnt amazed. i would reread it if i needed a little more frenemies to lovers in my life but other than that it was okay.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

delaneyreadsalot's review against another edition

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

3.75

this book was sooo good but it want one of my favorites. nate is definitely my favorite character though. i really wish we got to see more from him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Murder

natal1nda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Abandonment