One of Us Is Lying

By Karen M. McManus

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • BUZZFEED • POPCRUSH “Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club” (Entertainment Weekly) in this addictive mystery about what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive.   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. All the secrets of the Bayview Four will be revealed in the TV series now streaming on NBC's Peacock! And don’t miss the #1 New York Times bestselling sequel, One of Us is Next!

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Published Feb 28, 2023

416 pages

Average rating: 7.5

823 RATINGS

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Readers say *One of Us Is Lying* is a gripping, fast-paced YA murder mystery praised for its multiple perspectives and fresh take on high school dynam...

The.readrose
6/10 stars
3.5 Stars. First off, I listened to this book on Audible as well as reading along with the physical book. Also, I was very hesitant to read this book because I felt it had the potential to be great but I had a feeling I'd be disappointed... well, I was.
I loved the Audible narrators and had several personal connections to the book and a couple of the narrators, so that was pretty awesome. These are the reasons I loved the Audible version:
1) There were multiple narrators
2) My favorite narrator MacLeod Andrews (who voiced Cooper) was involved
3) MacLeod Andrews is from my hometown
4) I had a twitter conversation with MacLeod Andrews and totally fangirled.
5) My hometown was mentioned in the book and was voiced by my fellow Louisvillian (Macleod).
6) The other male narrator (Nate) had voiced Tuxedo Mask (TM) from Sailor Moon for some of the English cartoons, I had a major crush on TM as a kid.
7) Nate and Bronwyn had also gone to a "St. Pius" school.

So, yes, I loved the Audible format; but when it comes to the actual book, eh, I liked it but I wasn't blown away. I had figured out the ending pretty early in the book. I felt the ending was a generic and cheap ending. Nothing new here.
K Olson
8/10 stars
Fun Young Adult book that is reminiscent of The Breakfast Club.
Kristin Rose
10/10 stars
This book was really good! It wasn't your typical high school murder story. Sure, your typical characters are there, and the good girl falls for the bad boy stereotype was a little stale, but the storyline was great, I loved most of the characters and I didn't see the twist coming until just before it was revealed. Definitely worth a read!
Victoria Miller
8/10 stars
Fast read...kept me hooked until the end.
Teaandquiet
5/10 stars
It was ok, the buildup was actually great but at a certain point it starts to drag and then the reveal is unsatisfying tbh. Why should I care about the killer being a character we barely spend any time with? Sure he's a jerk but it hardly serves the reveal, it comes out of left field and feels confusing rather than being a gut punch that any good mystery book should have

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