Karen McManus 3 Books Collection Set (One Of Us Is Lying, One Of Us Is Next, Two Can Keep a Secret)

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But nothing has settled for the residents of Bayview. Not now someone has started playing a sinister game of Truth or Dare. This was a great read. And let's put it this way: only for a novel as skillfully written as One of Us Is Lying would make me willing to relive memories of some of the angst, emotions, drama, and insecurities of high school. (And since you know so many books have me singing a particular song, for no reason whatsoever, this book had me singing "One of Us" by ABBA. But this was an easy one: the song actually has the lyric "One of us is lying.") Even though I figured out the twist I still think the above reasons is what made this book so good. As a huge fan of "The Breakfast Club", I loved the concept of five characters with different personalities meeting in detention from the get go, and I'm incredibly happy to report that my high expectations were even exceeded!

One of them killed Simon the pieman who has a gossip app.....oh boy...and he exposes all these bitches for little despicable acts cuz he is an outcast. Throw in a school slut, a talk show host, a cougar mom, a bipolar mom, an alcoholic dad, a goth girl, a chinese crossdresser and what you have is a very dull circus side show...dull and I mean dull....did I say dull ! Yes DULL ! No I am not lying ! I don't read too many contemporaries but gosh-dang was I glued to this plot - the way the clues were revealed slowly and steadily. It was thrilling.What did I love most? As a thriller genre reader, this book was a breath of fresh air. It had such a unique storyline and honestly I did not guess the ending. I had no idea who was to blame for only 4 students making it out alive! Everyone had a reason to want Simon silenced, but who actually silenced him forever?!! He dies 24 hours before he could post their deepest secrets online. Investigators conclude it's no accident. All of them are suspects. Brown is a brain bound for Yale and is never seen with any account of breaking the rules. Simon is considered an outcast and the creator of a renowned gossip app at their school while cooper is an athlete and an all-star baseball pitcher. It is only Simon that never walks out of detention, and a more in-depth look into his death seems to raise significant questions classifying his death as a murder. I was absolutely addicted. I couldn’t put it down until I found out the answer. Plus there are so many tropes that get walked all over. My personal favourite THE GIRL WITH GLASSES GETS THE HOT GUY! This literally never happens in books or films so thank you Karen McManus for including this and not making her take them off ‘to be prettier’ Addy, Nate, Cooper and Bronwyn are incredible characters, imo. After being put under suspicion, the four of these learn so much about themselves and make decisions that is best for themselves and for everyone. It's heartbreaking and sad to learn about what they hide, but spoilers so read it and find out yourself, thanks. :)

Have all earned a spot for violating one of the most serious rules of high school: NO PHONES IN CLASS. They’ve done the crime, now they have to do the time as well as write a 500 word essay about how technology is ruining American high schools. If they fail to do so, well . . . .

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I had high hopes for this book. No I did't I'm lying ! My fifteen year old niece has been urging, cajoling, threatening me ! This is the bestest ever!! she squealed, yelled, gushed. My bf would look at her and then look at me...with that better you than me glance. At Bayview high walk, five students walk into detention on a Monday afternoon. Their characters and lives are different where Addy is a beauty and also a homecoming princess, Nate is on probation for dealing drugs. Then one of the tight knit group goes missing. With nothing to go on and no rules to reference, everyone is afraid of what this might mean. Who is behind the disappearance? And what else are they planning? I'm going to talk about these things in depth under the spoiler tag below because I know everyone has a different threshold for what they consider to be spoilery. I personally don't think these things should be written as spoilers, but that's how this book treats them so it's how I'm treating this review.

Of course, the four major suspects of this terrible, apocalyptical crime are part of four well-known high school stereotypes: I have to say, it was an amazing experience to spend more time with the characters I truly loved. I have soft spots for both Nate and Cooper! I couldn't guess the culprit until the end. The pacing was riveting and extra exciting, making me sit on the edge of my seat, biting my nails, barely gathering my composure, and stuffing popcorn into my mouth as if I were watching my favorite thriller movie. It's even more enjoyable than binge-watching the Scream series!

Publication Order of One of Us Books

The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars” was somehow a fair description for the general, overall idea of this book in the beginning but then (thank god) it wasn’t entirely like that. Which I appreciate because, you know, I like sparks of differences here and there. As the story moved forward, I started warming up towards Addy and Cooper, respectively, with each chapter something about their lives being unravelled. THIS BOOK!! You guys, I thought this book was brilliant! So many great elements all thrown together. We have two characters in the story who are cheaters; one is a female character, who does it one time, while drunk; the other is a male character, who carries on an emotional and physical affair for MONTHS. We spend a tremendous portion of the book focusing on the girl's one-night-stand, while the text literally does not ONCE actually name the boy for what he is: a cheater. There's no remorse shown, and there are no consequences whatsoever for him. It also seems kinda gross to me that the girl who's guilty of cheating is a "pretty, vapid, popular girl" type - can we please stop with these cliches? This is the recipe this book was made of and since I enjoyed solving the murder mystery I decided that I won’t go into detail all too much.