Title: One Of Us Is Lying
Author: Karen McManus
Publication Date: May 30th 2017
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Part of a Series?: No, A Standalone
I Got A Copy Through: eARC from Random House via NetGalley (THANK YOU!)
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Blurb Description: 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.
Mystery isn’t my favourite YA genre (I’m a fantasy girl all
the way) but occasionally I like to sink my claws into a story that will leave
me at the edge of my seat with the WHO-DUNNIT element.
And that’s the sole reason why while One Of Us Is Lying was a GOOD book, it didn’t make me suspect the
four teenagers in the room – NOT ONCE – making it seem slightly off. That vital
blame game was missing and while I was curious
to see who did it, I NEVER FELT THAT INTENSE NEED TO KNOW.
Thoughts:
1.
THE PLOT
OF THE BOOK WAS REALLY INTERESTING, and that’s the reason I requested it!
Five teenagers locked in detention, a car crash to send the teacher out and the
boy with a gossip website and a horrifying secret about everyone in that room
dies from an allergic reaction. GREAT PLOT.
2.
I also loved that the book was told from the
viewpoints of all four potential murderers. It made you get to know them a lot
more and piece together stories of the story.
3.
While I liked the above point (^), it was also
the reason the book didn’t have the
who-dunnit element. NONE OF THE CHARACTERS HATED SIMON ENOUGH TO KILL HIM, and I fully believed that they
didn’t making me uninterested in finding out which of them killed him. Honestly, I LIKED the characters too much
to see them as murderers.
4.
One of my favourite characters was Addison. I
adored her character development in the book. She took huge steps to from a
girl that made every decision based on her boyfriend’s whims and fancies to one
who one who cut her hair and turned badass. I loved her spirit and I really
liked how much she changed.
5.
Honestly, I
liked the book. The characters were well developed, the plot was definitely
unique but I didn’t SUSPECT ANYONE. It didn’t make me blame anyone and I
just accepted the ending as it came.
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