Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The One by John Marrs

17 reviews

afterall's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

There are way too many psychopaths in this book.

I became increasingly frustrated with the decisions made by these characters. They either were extremely predictable or just didn’t make sense. I can’t think of a single character who I liked - they are all extremely unlikeable and I found myself rolling my eyes many times.

I was also disappointed in the writing. I felt I was often taken out of the story because the writing style is so simple and blunt. Maybe I’m just used to more poetic writing with better flow. The dialogue was also unrealistic and often clearly only there to explain to the reader, but made no sense coming from the characters.

There were so many twists and turns (some predictable, some just absolutely ridiculous) that it kept me reading, but I couldn’t wait to be done reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

pinkhyxteria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Violence

violetmari's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

rw_123's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Cancer, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Murder, Miscarriage, and Violence

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I read this because I started watching the Netflix adaptation and heard that it was based on this book. I like the Netflix adaptation more overall, but I did like that this book had more worldbuilding in terms of what the geopolitical ramifications of gene matching like this would cause. Even so, I wish there was more showing, rather than telling. The twists were quite wild, but it was overall an intriguing story that made me want to know what was going to happen next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Domestic abuse and Genocide

mnemonide's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Terminal illness, Misogyny, and Cancer

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Homophobia

marrireadsandrambles's review against another edition

I got 40% through when I just couldn’t anymore. The characters are selfish and one dimensional, making them really annoying to read about. Some of the language is a bit offensive (fatphobia, homophobia). Also

one of the characters has cancer and some of that is talked about in detail which is triggering for me and may be triggering for anyone who has lost someone to cancer

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Stalking, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Car accident and Fatphobia