Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

14 reviews

marenm's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

i really liked this! i enjoyed all the characters and their dynamics and it was a pretty fast read with a few plot twists. 4.25/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Murder, Gaslighting, Death, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Addiction, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, Death of parent, Cursing, and Vomit

emmajh91's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Cursing, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Death of parent, Addiction, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, and Blood

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.25

This was way more enjoyable to me than the other books I’ve read by this author (I read one of us is lying but dnf the sequel). Felt more family mystery than thriller/murder mystery. I loved the setting and the twists along the way. It did get a little confusing on audio at times between the three female narrators, but I was able to pick up the ebook for the last 75% which definitely helped. I also appreciated that this was fairly clean for a YA book. 

This reminded me of inheritance games and truly devious a little, so if you have enjoyed those you might like this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Cursing

texas_reznikoff's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Gun violence, Abandonment, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Violence, Incest, Alcohol, Cursing, Gaslighting, Addiction, Grief, Miscarriage, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

shiroofficial's review against another edition

3.0

Its not bad… but not particularly that interesting to me… i found it to be rather boring and draggy, except when eventually the story came together and secrets were unfolded, the concept was really good. But the book itself was draggy and a slow for me… didn’t find it captivating for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Addiction, Cursing, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Car accident, and Medical content

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.25

family drama central!! This mystery explores the complexity and mystery surrounding the Story family. The grandmother mysteriously and suddenly disinherits and cuts off all of her children from the family fortune, with a note that reads “you know what you did” as the only explanation. This mystery really keeps you on your toes, with pretty big twists throughout. It’s not my favorite, but it definitely wasn’t bad. I liked that it was different from the other novels, surrounding the drama of one family instead of a friend group, providing something fresh for KMM readers. However, I preferred the “One of us is lying” books over this one (written by the same author). This is classified as a “thriller” but I would not say that this is scary by any means. It’s mostly just ya mystery with some suspense and crazy plot twists! 

Age rating: 14+

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Cursing, Murder, Violence, Death, and Child death

Spoiler

ok the two cousins like each other?? Which we find out later that they aren’t actually related, but they still liked each other when they thought they were cousins so what the heck?

emily_mh's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

This had a great premise and resolution but was told incredibly poorly with no sense of urgency and thrill in the present, no sense of tragedy and intrigue in the past, and no sense of atmosphere in either. The characters and romance were an improvement from Two Can Keep A Secret, however (though the romance was still a bit pointless in this one). Also,

Spoiler

I liked how the ending echoed Jonas' story so much in terms of the imposter and financial fraud elements

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Cancer, Car accident, Colonisation, Dementia, Grief, Incest, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual content

jojo_'s review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, and Miscarriage

Minor: Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

starrygoldeneyes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, and Toxic relationship

gingerkathrynreads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Dementia, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Bullying, and Grief

Minor: Car accident and Cursing