Reviews with content warning for Toxic relationship - One of Us is Lying

It's an incredibly fast paced, edge-of-the-seat thriller. So 5/5 for that. But since it is centered around teens often I felt that cerya aspects felt slightly unrealistic for that age group. But I think that's quite subjective tha every might not resonate with. I enjoyed the book masive despite that. So 4.5/5.

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kate001's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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michellebub's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.75

5 students get into detention, but only 4 come out alive. One of them did it. This death rattles up the whole city as the killer isn’t found, everyone says they didn’t do it, but did someone lie? This book is told from alternating 4 perspectives of the students. It shows their lives and how they’re dealing with the accusation of having killed a fellow classmate, but it also shows why could they have done it in the first place. Everyone seems to have had a motive, a secret, which could change their life if it came out.
Due to the investigation those 4 students find an unlikely friendship in eachother and get close as no one understands them like eachother. Well and they want to find out who actually did it so they can get their peace.

All in all I actually liked the book. It was a nice young adult mystery, but the sub-romance plot was a bit too much for me. It just seemed unnecessary and if I’m honest,

they’re not going to last. It is understandable that they have a fling and get closer while the investigation takes place but as the book said, besides that they don’t have anything in common. Their attraction only seemed superficial. And I know the author tried to justify them and get them together in the epilogue but it just wasn’t convincing.

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kirstencholewa's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

This story draws you in and keeps your attention to the last page!
At times it did feel a bit forced from a diversity perspective.

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clover_ways's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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

3.75

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tabby09's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Enjoyable. A little silly sometimes. I was at least moderately invested in the characters. I guessed who it was about halfway through the book, but there was something at the end that I was surprised by. Good mix of a fun plot and characters.

I listened to the audiobook format. Narrators were good- Bronwyn annoyed me a little and at first Addie sounded robotic, but she gets better. Cooper and Nate were good.

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