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One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)

Karen M. McManus

Start date: December 1, 2021

Finish date: December 31, 2021

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Dec 27, 2021 Sundae 💋 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This took me a while to finish cause I kept taking breaks after becoming obsessed with Netflix for a while but I did enjoy it. I choose to read this novel for about 3 reasons:

1. It is pretty popular so I found it everywhere booktok, booktube etc.
2. It was recommended
3. I haven’t read a mystery in a hole and I heard this author was awesome so I j had to check it out.
Lastly I decided honestly it couldn’t hurt so I ordered and read it.

I have to say I was both surprised and disappointed after re This took me a while to finish cause I kept taking breaks after becoming obsessed with Netflix for a while but I did enjoy it. I choose to read this novel for about 3 reasons:

1. It is pretty popular so I found it everywhere booktok, booktube etc.
2. It was recommended
3. I haven’t read a mystery in a hole and I heard this author was awesome so I j had to check it out.
Lastly I decided honestly it couldn’t hurt so I ordered and read it.

I have to say I was both surprised and disappointed after reading this novel. Mystery is not a genre I am really invested in, however I do prefer mystery and thriller over horror. Regardless of that fact it’s not a genre I normally go searching for. One of my goals for 2022 is to check out more books from this genre. Based on the mystery books I have read I couldn’t help but feel this one lacked the spark. I mean the characters were interesting and there was definitely character development which I loved.

The author was able to change my perspective on some of the characters I hated/found incredibly annoying in the beginning ehem Addy. I was rooting for multiple ships like Nate and Browyn, Addie and Cooper and so on but still the story failed to keep me super hooked. I mean I was interested but I wasn’t obsessed. That being said I don’t necessarily think it was overhyped, although some people might find it incredibly underwhelming. I mean because I don’t read mystery novels that often I can’t really tell if the plot was predictable because I didn’t actually guess what happened to Simon till right before it was revealed.

Some of the characters felt incredibly unnecessary and the whole Jake thing was kind of weird like that came from nowhere. Despite this critic I give the book 4 stars because the book made me interested enough to find out what happens to Simon. I feel like one thing that is incredibly hard to accomplish is to create a fast paced but not rushed story in a novel. I think that author did well but the book could’ve been better.

Even though I am not really a writer I have to say there were a lot of weird plot twists and facts that didn’t make any sense. Like the story moved to fast, without covering critical points. Even so I do recommend it as it is an interesting, fast paced mystery that may be able to keep you entertained. Although it’s different for everyone so don’t expect be A GRADE. I hope the second book is better than the first and I am excited to read the authors other works. I have heard recently heard there is a show so I am excited to check that out as well.

Happy Reading!!! ...more

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Jul 21, 2021 ✧ poppy ✧ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

4.2 ☆
Okay so I usually never end up liking those overhyped books because they usually don’t deserve the hype and are stringing between mediocre and decent at max. But one of us is lying surprised me in a good way. Yes, it had a lot of cliche storylines and some situations but overall it did a great job at delivering a good plot that didn’t get stretched out to the point there’s nothing left from the initial storyline and pretty good characters that were interesting on their own.

Also I love mul 4.2 ☆
Okay so I usually never end up liking those overhyped books because they usually don’t deserve the hype and are stringing between mediocre and decent at max. But one of us is lying surprised me in a good way. Yes, it had a lot of cliche storylines and some situations but overall it did a great job at delivering a good plot that didn’t get stretched out to the point there’s nothing left from the initial storyline and pretty good characters that were interesting on their own.

Also I love multiple POV books, they just hit the spot, well at least when its done right and this book did it right.
I liked most of the main characters, I couldn’t connect much with cooper, like he was there but I didn’t really think of him until the second half of the book, I don’t have anything to say about the rest really.

Even though I kinda predicted the “plot twist” from the beginning the book did a great job at distracting me from it and making me think about endless other possibilities to what happened, I enjoyed the consistency with making me hate you-know-who the entire book (don wanna give spoilers), disliked him page one, disliked him page 300.

They got the terrible justice system thing 100% right because in most countries those “detectives” are basically useless, plenty of times they aren’t that bad but the justice system in general makes them useless because what they want overall is to catch a culprit, not catch THE culprit, so instead of evidence and then suspect its get the better looking suspect and find any evidence against them, because its takes less time, less effort and keeps the victims family “at peace” and out of their way.

What made me not give this book 5 stars is the epilogue, I though it was unnecessary and very random, like tell me they broke up but they are getting back together in 5 pages was not it. Just tell you couldn’t think of an ending and your deadline was approaching so you had to give it any scene to end it.

Overall the book did most things right, of course its a long way from being perfect but for being 350 pages? Its did what it had to do. I recommend it. ...more

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