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A review by jessica42980
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus
3.0
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This review will post on my site on May 2, 2019
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I absolutely loved McManus’ debut Novel One of Us is Lying, so I was looking forward to Two Can Keep a Secret. The covers match perfectly and with similar titles, you think Two is a sequel to One, but it is not. But we do have the sequel to look forward to: It is supposed to be released next year!
Unfortunately, Two was is not up to the expectations that One set. Yes, we have another murder mystery and have many unknowns, but I was not attached to the characters. I was curious with what was going to happen as the description of the novel is intriguing, but it fell flat for me. We even have two narrators, which by now you know I love multiple povs. Our two narrators are Ellery and Malcolm, and Ellery even has a twin brother! And all of these characters are connected in some way. Usually those things all put together equals a guaranteed enjoyable read. I continued the story as I wanted to know the ending, but by the time I got to the end I really didn’t care about it.
Maybe reading One first set me up with failure for Two as my expectations were very high. If you want to give both books a try, I say read Two then One. **Remember the books are NOT connected so they can be read either way. I would read McManus again and I am still looking forward to the sequel to One.
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This review will post on my site on May 2, 2019
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I absolutely loved McManus’ debut Novel One of Us is Lying, so I was looking forward to Two Can Keep a Secret. The covers match perfectly and with similar titles, you think Two is a sequel to One, but it is not. But we do have the sequel to look forward to: It is supposed to be released next year!
Unfortunately, Two was is not up to the expectations that One set. Yes, we have another murder mystery and have many unknowns, but I was not attached to the characters. I was curious with what was going to happen as the description of the novel is intriguing, but it fell flat for me. We even have two narrators, which by now you know I love multiple povs. Our two narrators are Ellery and Malcolm, and Ellery even has a twin brother! And all of these characters are connected in some way. Usually those things all put together equals a guaranteed enjoyable read. I continued the story as I wanted to know the ending, but by the time I got to the end I really didn’t care about it.
Maybe reading One first set me up with failure for Two as my expectations were very high. If you want to give both books a try, I say read Two then One. **Remember the books are NOT connected so they can be read either way. I would read McManus again and I am still looking forward to the sequel to One.