Review: One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

Hi Munchworms!

Today I bring you my review of One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus!

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.

This book reminded me so much of Pretty Little Liars but with one aspect that made it a hundred times better! You actually find out who’s behind it all!
Seriously, I stopped watching PLL because that little thing frustrated the hell out of me…

But, let’s start at the beginning. And the beginning is simple: You get sucked right in. There’s no escaping. As soon as Simon’s dead, the snowball starts rolling and rolling. Down it goes! And, guess what? You’re simply stuck in it.
I couldn’t help myself, had to keep reading. I just had to find out what had happened, who was behind it. Who was lying? Who wasn’t? Why did they do this?

A couple of words is all it’ll take to make everything in my life Before and After.

When it comes to the writing, it read fluently. It really did. One Of Us Is Lying isn’t a page-turner because of the story alone, the writing also does the trick.
I did have one problem with it though, and that’s the voice of the characters. Although Cooper’s voice stood out at times, I often had the feeling that they all sounded the same as well. I honestly had to go back sometimes to find out who’s POV I was in at that moment. When you’re using different POV’s – and especially with such a diverse set of characters – you shouldn’t have that.

All in all I did enjoy the story, but it wasn’t a five star-read for me. If you enjoy mysteries, however, I’d definitely recommend this one. Or if you simply need a book you wouldn’t want to put down, I’d say this is the one for the job as well!

4 / 5!

For the munches, I was going to take a picture of some bananas but… Honestly, only the people who’ve read this book and remembered that little scene would get it… [I had to laugh out loud at the time and I was at work? Oops.]

Have you read One Of Us Is Lying? Did you figure it out? Or were you completely mistaken?

 

 

 

I paid full-price for this novel. All opinions are entirely my own. I’m not being compensated in any way.