One of Us Is Lying - June 2018

[Ipshita]

The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars, One of Us Is Lying is the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.

Pay close attention and you might solve this.

On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.
Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.
And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip app.

Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention, Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn't an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he'd planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who's still on the loose?
Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them."

Share your thoughts on this book!

[Alison]

I read this a few months ago and really enjoyed it. Not sure it works that well as a who dunit as I figured it out early on but I loved the Breakfast Club elements and the way the characters developed over the story.

[Laura]

I started this last week, but, unfortunately, just couldn't get into it. I think I'm outgrowing YA, especially contemporary YA, now that I'm in my *whispers* mid-thirties. Lol! Not sure how I feel about The Breakfast Club setup either. Seems so unoriginal, but to be fair I didn't get that far into the book.

[[deleted user]]

I’m really enjoying this one. I like how the story and characters develop. It keeps me reading and thinking even when I put the book down

[Ipshita]

Glad you enjoyed the book, Alison and Janessa :D

[Ipshita]

Laura wrote: "I started this last week, but, unfortunately, just couldn't get into it. I think I'm outgrowing YA, especially contemporary YA, now that I'm in my *whispers* mid-thirties. Lol! Not sure how I feel ..."

I get this feeling sometimes reading Teen novels and I've not even reached my mid-twenties yet :P

[[deleted user]]

I finished the book a few days ago. I wished some of the characters had developed a little more, and I know it had a twist ending, but it left me a little disappointed.