Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

819 reviews

etovey's review against another edition

lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

ajg022's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

An enjoyable page-turner, with enough variance of character perspectives to keep me hooked. The plot itself is a little predictable, but isn't necessarily the focus of the story as much as the characters and their relations to others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Outing, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, and Car accident

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, and Gaslighting

byrdy's review against another edition

hopeful 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? No

5.0

Everything about this book worked for me. I thought for having a pretty hefty cast of characters they were all well-written and fleshed out. The structure of the story kept my interest. The mystery was intriguing, and the themes of the book felt timely. All around, I thought this was really well executed and would be great for a book club especially if you are a fan of murder mysteries and high school dramas like The Breakfast Club. Do check the trigger warnings if you are sensitive to certain topics/themes :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Toxic relationship

Minor: Violence

melanielk's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicide, and Gaslighting

weird_hylian24's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

Pretty entertaining read but maybe a little too long and I felt like the reveal of the twist was kinda anticlimactic and the ending was rushed 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Outing

pam_simpson06's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, and Classism

Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

oceanbluetay's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Grief, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

kjohnston1795'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Suicide

alalalal's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, and Death of parent

lilia's review

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Suicide, and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Mass/school shootings and Car accident