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

Karen M. McManus

Finish date: July 6, 2017

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Jun 12, 2017 Claire Talbot rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-across-the-states, teen

This book has been portrayed as "The Breakfast Club" with a murder thrown in. Five students are in detention - Bronwyn, the brain, Addy the beauty with a jock boyfriend, Nate the drug dealer who lives with his alcoholic father, Cooper, the aspiring major league baseball player, and Simon - class outcast and creator of a vicious gossip app. Of course, Simon ends up dead, and all of the four remaining students have secrets to hide - that were about to be published on Simon's app "About This". A te ...more

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Jul 04, 2017 Karen rated it really liked it

I felt like I was binge watching a Netflix show while reading this book. Loved it.

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Jan 11, 2019 Sarah Bennett rated it really liked it

This book is Breakfast Club meets a murder mystery. I was surprised by just how much I enjoyed it! Interesting, easy read with likable characters.

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Feb 18, 2021 Janetc rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobooks

Lots of twists, some not completely unexpected, but the big reveal was a surprise. I really enjoyed the "Breakfast Club" set-up. Entertaining. Would recommend if you like a good mystery and can tolerate some teen angst. ...more

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Sep 23, 2018 Anne Brown rated it it was amazing

This was one of those mysteries that keeps you engaged the entire time. It was interesting to see how a high school social scene functions now that social media has taken over kid's lives (far more than when I was in school). The audiobook had a different reader for each of the 4 main characters, which I really liked. You could almost never tell who was lying and who was telling the truth, which made it a really fun read. I finished this in a day because I just had to know what twist was coming ...more

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