Reviews tagging 'Death'

[By John Marrs] The One by John Marrs

256 reviews

mirandalikesbooks's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

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Interesting to read all the couple's stories come together. Science discovering your genetic DNA match is very black mirror. It's a cool premise that the author fleshed out well. It stays a middle of the road book for me though because the dialouge lacked depth and flow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking

Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Pregnancy

anewton's review against another edition

4.75

dark 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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A great thriller with some shocking twists. Loved the pace at the end and the start could have gone faster but otherwise loved the plot and characters of this sick, twisted story. Not for the faint hearted, some intense, vivid themes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny

kathleen_theresa's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Murder

Moderate: Death

au_conn1's review against another edition

2.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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the characters are so flat and feel like caricatures. Some of the twists were good, but others felt like they made no sense. Also, none of the storylines really crossed with each other, which made it feel pointless that we were moving back and forth between different POVs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury

asreadbydiana's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Murder

hatchison86's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

1.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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No thanks, I hated it.  Cringey romances, predictable plots, and yet unbelievable circumstances...

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

mal_reads_books's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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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This was an entertaining read and easy to get into. I enjoyed the twists. The cliffhangers at the end of each chapter kept me flipping for more. Out of the 5 storylines, my favorite was Christopher’s: psychopathic serial killer matches with police officer and tries to balance dating life with his murder challenge.

I would’ve preferred the book focus on each storyline from start to finish, or at least make the chapters longer, instead of jumping between each one every 3-4 pages. The rotation being in order, however, made it at least easier to follow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Miscarriage, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity

emma6544's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage

Minor: Alcoholism, Pedophilia

mckinleyelle's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Cancer, Death, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping