Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The One by John Marrs

148 reviews

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

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

---

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. 

---

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

---

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

---

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 against another edition

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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Abortion and Pedophilia

magpienicky's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Animal death

outofthepinksky's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

---

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

---

Content Warnings

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

shelbypm's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

It was a very quick and easy read, and at times it was fun. But I found it unbearably predictable and I don’t appreciate the overly dramatic cliff hangers at the end of every chapter (and with each chapter only being 1-4 pages long, that’s an exhausting number of cliff hangers). 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide attempt, Murder, Violence, and Miscarriage

sarah_amy's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Really enjoyed listening to this one. Narrated by a great cast of voice actors that made up the 6 characters featured in this book. It gave very 'Black Mirror' vibes of a future that feels not too far off with technological and genetic advancements not too far-fetched. Loved how it showed the different moral and safety predicaments that genetically-matched coupling could bring. I was drawn in by all the characters, who were both charismatic and incredibly flawed, which made it difficult to know how to feel about them, making them more human. If any flaw, a couple of the endings felt a little rushed. I devoured all 11 hours of this in 2 days. Looking forward to rereading The Passengers next, now that I know it's somewhat part of a series (though both books serve well as stand-alones!).

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Child death, Forced institutionalization, and Death

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Infertility, Body shaming, Ableism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Car accident, and Torture