Reviews tagging 'Death'

The One by John Marrs

145 reviews

gloriouslycrazy104_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, Grief, Murder, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Blood

kirstenpod_'s review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

marym2215's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Miscarriage

anjayne's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death and Miscarriage

mairi99's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Pedophilia

daepyonimst's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Abortion and Pedophilia

tannisz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Infidelity

outofthepinksky's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Chronic illness, Stalking, Cancer, Infertility, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Miscarriage

Minor: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexual content, Abortion, Gore, Vomit, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

garck_2439's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Infidelity, Murder, Kidnapping, Cancer, Child death, Suicide, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Miscarriage, Homophobia, Abortion, Terminal illness, and Pedophilia

lor_nia's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Alcohol, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual content