Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson

4 reviews

bella_cavicchi's review

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I love the Truly Devious series. The books don't always hit the mark, but I don't really mind. Give me teen detectives solving cold cases! Why not! That said, I felt that the murder of the 90s far surpassed the present-day narrative here, and so my one complaint (if big) is that I wanted to spend the whole book in the Nine's company. It may also be my Cambridge/London bias...

A delight to devour all the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Murder, Violence, Death, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol, Addiction, and Medical content

marioosa517's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this. It was going to be 4.5 stars, and then the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit, Infidelity, Blood, Gore, and Cursing

Minor: Torture, Addiction, Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent, Suicide, and Homophobia

rissaandherbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

I still loved this book, but it just wasn't the same as the others in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Drug use, Violence, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content

toffishay's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This was a weaker mystery than the others in the Truly, Devious series. A little harder to follow and more of a guess at the end. The travel through London dragged the story to me, but others might find that part interesting. The more social drama between Stevie and her friend group was interesting though; I would have liked to see more of them to offset how annoying Stevie is in this one! The book leaves off on a cliffhanger that I think will have me coming back. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Suicide, Medical content, and Death of parent