Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The One by John Marrs

90 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: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

mairi99's review

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: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Pedophilia and Abortion

lucyyybee's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

4.5

Definitely a page turner with a lot of surprises. I enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

magpienicky's review

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

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

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

outofthepinksky's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

garck_2439's review

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

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Content Warnings

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

lor_nia's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

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, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

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

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

ivanagrimm's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

This book is not what I thought it was going to be at all. The story was unique and makes you think of a DNA Matching service would truly be a service. I think at this end of the day, those who are truly open to love can find it with anyone.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy