Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

805 reviews

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

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

Minor: Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Car accident

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

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

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

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, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

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

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

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

Minor: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings

alice_in_bookland9's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Bullying, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Cursing, and Self harm

plottsandpages's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

Moderate: Suicide

dxnatelli's review against another edition

mysterious 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

3.0

I chose to read One of Us is Lying because “13 year old me would have loved it,” but I quickly realized that was actually 10 years ago and I don’t have exactly the same interests anymore 💀 As for the characters: I loved Addy; I liked Cooper; I audibly groaned every time I got to a Nate section- he’s a tired cliché and really dragged down Bronwyn’s character. Moral of the story:

teenage boys’ internet usage is a public health emergency.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Physical abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

salem123's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Suicide

hamsterreader03's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective tense slow-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

The book heavily plays on teenage stereotypes and stereotypical drama ... exept it cranks it up to 100 by involving a murder mystery.

I really loved reading this as all the new revelations came to light, and you could really feel the characters reacting to them (seriously, even the second read-through was sincerely awesome for me)
More than anything, I liked all the details of the characters' personalities and lives and how each of them were written to be lovable. I truly felt myself rooting for them each time I started a new chapter (or read-through for that matter), and I can not recommend this book enough to anyone who is even slightly interested in this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder, Self harm, Suicide, and Addiction

Minor: Pregnancy