Reviews tagging 'Death'

[By John Marrs] The One by John Marrs

256 reviews

kelseyfactorial's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious sad tense medium-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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This book was like reading 5 different AU fan fictions set in the same universe. It was a fairly fun time, but the 5 POVs didn't give me enough time to care about anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

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

danajoy's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I went into this book expecting to love it but I only found it ok. 

Your Perfect Match is a company that has discovered a unique gene that links two soul mates around the world. This book follows a number of these matches, showing a range of the potential experiences that could be born through this sort of discovery.

I enjoyed some storylines more than others. There were implications of being "only gay for you" which felt a bit funky. Overall, I liked the premise but didn't find the reveals particularly shocking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Cannibalism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia

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

msbgalens's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting

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