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3.5

I literally only bought this book from a discounted book sale because it made me feel nostalgic to when I read this in middle school but man, this was way better than I remember

Actual rating: 4.5 starsI devoured this book in two days. I tend to do this with mystery books because I needed to know who did it. The circumstances were just so... strange.Although this book is called One of Us is Lying, I couldn't help but believe each character during their respective perspectives. When Addy said “Unless one of us is lying. That's always a possibility.” I was like OH DAMN CAN'T TRUST ANYONE EVERYONE IS SUS NOWI liked that this book read more like a traditional young adult book than a mystery. That being said, I thought it was lacking the thrill and suspense aspect of a mystery (to which I recommend [b:Dangerous Girls 16074758 Dangerous Girls Abigail Haas https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1356513050s/16074758.jpg 21869436] by [a:Abigail Haas 6551240 Abigail Haas https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1377257031p2/6551240.jpg] because damn, that book was a RIDE).Ultimately, this was a really, really good read. I felt the ending was really satisfying and tied up all loose ends. Turns out there's going to be a sequel, so I'm excited to see what McManus decides is next for these characters.

Oh God. I really enjoyed this book. I love how Thompson could visually portray his internal conflicts from his childhood and young adult life... From his abundance and then eventual lack of faith, ending things with his first love, patching things up with his brother after years of no communication... I could go on. Visual autobiographies should be a huge thing as physically seeing how Thompson experienced these events through his illustrations drew me in more than Bossypants by Tina Fey - which is saying a lot!

As a Veronica Mars fan from when the series aired (or when I decided to watch the whole show during a weekend in March 2013), I truly think this book does the series justice. I watched the movie last month when it came out, but I didn't realise until two days ago that Rob Thomas had also gotten a novel published as a continuation to the movie and when I immediately downloaded the eBook and matching audiobook (WHICH IS READ BY KRISTEN BELL OMG??). I started out listening to the audiobook but I just couldn't just sit there and wait 8 hours to finish this book, and zoomed through the eBook in less than half that time.

There is so much I love about this book. I love that Rob Thomas wrote it and perfectly captured Veronica's to a T in an unfamiliar format. Veronica's thinking process was totally nostalgic to the TV series and an older and more mature Veronica meant she was allowed to take more risks making the storyline a million times better than what the TV series had given us. It was sosososo smart of Thomas to reacquaint the fans with Veronica's mommy issues that weren't addressed in the movie but definitely shaped Veronica as a character.

I am just so happy this book series isn't utter shit and turned out to be a lot better than I had expected and still encapsulated everything Veronica Mars is without missing any traces of her identifiable smart ass remarks.

Props to you, Rob Thomas! I am definitely going to read the next book of this series if/when it comes out.