Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Family Experiment by John Marrs

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dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging dark mysterious sad 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: Complicated

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mysterious 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: Yes

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dark emotional informative tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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challenging dark mysterious 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

Shockingly good. With undercurrents reminiscent of Orwell. Dark & a little disturbing. Very interesting premise. Lots of twists. Everyone has a secret.

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional informative medium-paced

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dark emotional hopeful sad 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: Yes

I love these books about a future not that far off. They are terrifying in every sense. 

I will not soon forget Issys demise at the ocean floor

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dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Most of the book was mediocre for me. A lot of disconnected stories following the families participating in a reality TV contest. Book was uninteresting until the winner is revealed, and then it finally got good - sort of.

I think the book is a bit too complicated - multiple timelines that seem linear until the reveal and then you realize they were actually asynchronous before and after that moment. And as events unfolded to show how the book came to be, it was still unsatisfying.

Appreciated the nod to The One. I found that book far more interesting. I think it was better written and more ethically relatable. The questions in this book feel a little overplayed in recent years, and it was too conspiratorial and muddled to keep the tension high. Did like that all the loops were closed in the end.

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