One Of Us Is Lying By Karen Mcmus

What would you do if your secrets were exposed? This is one question posed in the 2017 mystery/thriller book One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus. The book follows four high schoolers in detention when another student dies of an allergic reaction. The four are suspected of murder, despite trying to save him, after it was discovered all of the EpiPens were removed from the nurse’s office. While they are being investigated, posts begin to appear on Tumblr claiming credit for the death, and four posts appear revealing a major secret of each student. The students slowly grow closer as friends throughout the investigation, with two growing extra close to each other. Eventually, one of the four is arrested for the crime and the others have to come

I understand she was trying to play with the high school cliches, even referencing Breakfast Club by name in the first couple of chapters. It’s just that I don’t think enough was done with some of the characters, like Addy (and Nate to a lesser extent) differentiated from their standard trope. On the other hand, Cooper and Bronwyn don’t ever stray from being the athlete or the nerdy smart one. Another reason I don’t like the book is the more personalized issue. I tried to avoid spoilers in the summary, but this reason requires I spoil part of the book. Specifically, my issue is that I think Cooper’s sexuality could’ve been done a little better. I don’t think it was handled poorly, I just think it could’ve been revealed earlier on and given more depth around the dynamic with Cooper, his dad, and Kris. Finally, this is one of the things I liked about the book. One of the things I liked, another spoiler warning, is that Nate and Bronwyn don’t exactly get together in the end. I like being surprised, that’s part of reason 1, and I like that the expectation that Bronwyn and Nate will obviously get together was realistically subverted at the

This theme is tied not only to Addy’s secret, but it’s also one of the reasons the events of the book even happened. Now there have been times in my life where I’ve lied about things, but I’ll briefly talk about a specific story that lets me relate to the theme. In my junior year, last year, I took a basic coding class. I didn’t expect much when taking it, I figured it would be an interesting if easy elective. It turns out I was awful at coding and by the end of the second quarter I had an F. The teacher only used PowerSchool for grades and not Schoology, but since my mom was repeatedly told that Schoology was the accurate one she never bothered to check PowerSchool. Eventually, I broke down and told her that I had an F, and she helped me get the grade up enough for me to pass. The theme may connect more with Addy, but I think I connect more with Bronwyn. One of the things that I think is similar between us is that we both have parents who expect A’s on homework and tests. We also both have a focus on getting into our college of choice. And, although I’ve never cheated on a test, I understand the pressure on grades and why she did