Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The One by John Marrs

30 reviews

decembermagpie's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Death, Murder, Gore, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Stalking, Child death, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Cancer, Outing, Car accident, Infertility, Medical content, Vomit, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia

Minor: Sexual content

greatestheights's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

3.75 stars for me. This was an interesting and fast-paced read, and I enjoyed multiple story lines (some quite a bit more than others). I almost wish that, rather than focusing on so many couples, the author had stuck with just two or three of them. It was hard to get attached to any of the characters, although I know this was obviously a plot-driven book. It felt very much like a long Black Mirror episode, and I'll definitely be interested to watch the Netflix show.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gore, Blood, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Pedophilia

house_of_hannah's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I am actually quite surprised with how entertaining this read was in the end. The writing is simple and bland, especially for an adult novel, so I was nervous that it might end up being a DNF. However, I did find each scenario to be intriguing, and I wanted to know what happened to the characters. 

This book follows five characters/couples, which I do think is too many, as most situations stay pretty surface level. We go through each character a chapter at a time, and then that repeats until the end of the book. The characters stay in the same order throughout the entire story (Mandy, Christopher, Jade, Nick, Ellie), which I do appreciate, because it was very easy to forget who was who. The chapters are really short though, so it was a revolving door of plotlines. 

I thought the concept of the story was interesting, and as this is a thriller expect a helping of twists and turns. Most of the characters are just terrible people though, so it was honestly hard to find someone to root for. This is also more of a "tell" instead of "show" book, since the chapters are such bite size pieces, and the book itself isn't that long. 

My four star rating is just for the entertainment value I got out of this. I don't believe this is an author I would seek out. However, if you're looking for a quick and easy thriller with some romance for Valentine's Day, then this would be a safe bet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Cancer, Violence, Stalking, Infidelity, Grief, Murder, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Abortion

adb_95's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Pedophilia, Child death, Infertility, and Infidelity

baisles's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

Amazing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, and Pedophilia

Minor: Abortion, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

effys's review against another edition

challenging inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved reading this book, I started of super interested in Nick and Christopher’s stories as they stood out as the most intriguing but each characters story gripped me throughout and made me want to know where all of them were going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

hillarydanielle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

Very fast paced, loved every couple’s storyline and the crazy twists and turns each storyline took.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Abortion

Minor: Cancer, Grief, Infertility, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

andreiaoh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

this was a WILD ride

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Infertility, Stalking, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Miscarriage, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Sexual content

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

kelpie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Minor: Homophobia, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Sexual content