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The One The unputdownable psychological thriller Paperback 4 May 2017 by John Marrs, John Marrs

204 reviews

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

marym2215's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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With the seemingly never-ending and yet often unsuccessful dating pool one can have access to with today’s dating apps, how nice would it be to know that you could forget about all that hard work to find the one meant for you just by giving a swab of your DNA? In John Marrs’ The One, it’s as simple as that. Throughout novel, we follow five individuals and how their lives change after they are each matched with their one true mate based off a specific gene compatibility. But not is all as it seems and, as truths come out and secrets unfold, the lives of these five individuals will forever be changed.

 I devoured this book. Prior to reading The One, I had only read The Vacation and The Stranger in Her House by John Marrs and yet he is very quickly becoming one of my favorite suspense/thriller authors. His writing, the twists and turns, and the short chapters make his books so enjoyable to read. I loved this book so much and will definitely be thinking about it for days to come. I read A LOT of thriller/suspense novels and it is not often that a book causes me to audibly gasp and yet I found myself definitely expressing my shock and thoughts out loud multiple times throughout this book. I can confidently say this book was my favorite so far and I am very much looking forward to reading his remaining works. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Death

Minor: Miscarriage

mairi99's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Pedophilia

daepyonimst's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Kidnapping

Minor: Pedophilia, Abortion

lucyyybee's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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Definitely a page turner with a lot of surprises. I enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

magpienicky's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping

eridri's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder

lor_nia's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

shelbypm's review against another edition

2.75

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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It was a very quick and easy read, and at times it was fun. But I found it unbearably predictable and I don’t appreciate the overly dramatic cliff hangers at the end of every chapter (and with each chapter only being 1-4 pages long, that’s an exhausting number of cliff hangers). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder

jodie_mathers's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping

Minor: Abortion