A review by ducklingh
The One by John Marrs

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I'm not usually into thrillers, but it did keep my attention well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Gore

One of the main POVs is a psychopathic serial killer who preys on young, single women that live alone and kills them via strangulation. An unrelated main character (not a POV) has terminal cancer

which he does end up succumbing to in the book