Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

91 reviews

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

4.0

This was an entertaining read, it was fairly fast paced and it held my attention. I enjoyed getting to know the characters through their own perspectives! I didn’t like Cooper’s POV as much for awhile because it was a lot of baseball talk which I just don’t care for 😅 but he grew on me eventually! The first half of the book was really good but I didn’t love the second half.

I didn’t guess any of the twists which is always a plus for me! However the reveal was kind of disappointing (and a bit of a cop out in my opinion). It just didn’t excite me and I wasn’t racing to find out the answers with this like I normally do with thrillers. The ending was also underwhelming-it’s the ending of book 1 in a thriller series, where is the cliffhanger? This could even be read as a stand alone I think 😅 I will however be picking up book 2 this weekend because it fits a prompt for a readathon I’m doing, otherwise I’d be in no rush to continue.

Overall it’s entertaining and a quick read but left me feeling underwhelmed in the end. I’d still recommend if you’re looking for an easy thriller with well developed characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

prairieraven's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

olivia_sz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Suicide, and Outing

Moderate: Cancer and Medical content

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

jessicayaun's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Outing, and Alcohol

creativeworld's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

An easy read and a fun mystery. The ending was satisfying, although I hate Nate the rest of the characters are good. Exactly the kind of book I was looking for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

bookish_bae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Very good romance, page turner, hard to guess ending 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Outing

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Car accident

suicide and school shootings

jemmaisntcool's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicide, Murder, and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Classism

avidreader12345's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Homophobia and Car accident

sebradley29's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

calypso_the_oboe's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, and Alcohol

Minor: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship