One of Us is Lying
Review:
The death of Simon kelleher, who is known to be the founder of a school app spreading and targeting students’ secrets and rumours, was traumatic for four other students (Bronwyn, Cooper, Nate and Addy) in detention on a Monday, after school. A suspicious prank by hiding phones in everyone’s bag, leading to even the strictest student being in detention
I enjoyed reading each four characters’ perspectives, learning as you go along. You don’t understand each character at the beginning, but the characterisation flowed through the book with all kinds of twists and turns. This was fun since the reader isn’t shown all the characters’ secrets in the first few chapters, but throughout the book, showing that you don’t know them at all until the end, similar to how the main characters feel themselves
Bronwyn is known to be one of the smartest students in the entire school, trying to get into Yale (a family tradition) and doesn’t break a single rule, except for one...
Cooper is the school’s star in baseball, gaining massive attention for the past few months of progress and is known to have the perfect love life.
Nate has been a troubling student and doesn’t have any secrets to hide, or does he?
Addy is the perfect, popular girl with the best boyfriend she could ever have.
The investigation is hit by local news, social media and a popular crime investigation television show, making the chances for the murderer even higher. However, this causes damage to the main suspect's reputation, as well as the school as a whole. Rumours and comments from Simon’s app make the story suspenseful. I liked how the effects of social media are portrayed, as well as the gossiping around school, which presents how severe the tensions are.
Although the police are investigating the crime, it comes to the point where the four need to come together to protect themselves and make sure the killer is caught. Who killed Simon Kelleher? The number one enemy in the school.
