Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The One by John Marrs

28 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

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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

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

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

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!).

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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

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, Violence, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Infidelity

Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

nikkijeanreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death

Minor: Death of parent, Blood, and Cancer

risaleel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent, Abortion, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death, Body horror, Terminal illness, Cancer, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Miscarriage

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexism, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Animal death, Death of parent, and Cursing

melissasmith's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Child death, and Death

Minor: Animal death

themoodreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Body horror, Cancer, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Stalking, Abandonment, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship