Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

204 reviews

mockingjayx16's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury

jessicaswink's review against another edition

4.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Terminal illness, Violence

lauren06100's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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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Okay, so this is now my favourite read so far!

I love fast-paced books and this was rapid!

At first I was worried with the number of characters and their stories, but very quickly you pick it up. 

My jaw hit the floor with Ellie and Tim's story and Mandys story with Pat and Chloe. I had to turn my kindle off for 5 minutes and have a breather. 

Thank you John Marrs!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy

easalden's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Alcohol

ta_ma_ra_gj's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy

Minor: Kidnapping, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

natashalg's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional 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: Yes

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The story was well-written and definitely a page turner. I loved seeing how each characters story unfolded and the book explored some deep and unsettling themes. However, I don't know if I love the ending for a couple of characters

(Mandy - this is creepy to me, Ellie - is everything she learned about opening up just forgotten?)

I also wish the science was explored more especially about genes being passed down/sharing genes with someone (think about twins - how would their matches work?), but I understand this was just a story and not everything has to be 100% logical and fact based. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Dementia, Car accident, Abortion

bittie_bee's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense 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, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Miscarriage, Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Abortion

thequiltyreader's review against another edition

4.0

challenging hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Another near future page turner by John Marrs. There were a lot of characters which worried me at the start, but they each formed part of their own little story and didn't cross over so was easy enough to follow. Basically a book following a number of independent situations all stemming from the same start point of this dating app. Fun quick read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

mj_86's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Miscarriage, Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Abortion

emilypaddon's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

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DNF 20% for horrifyingly graphic violence. The first time I’ve ever gotten physically nauseous from a book. And I normally like murder mysteries!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder