Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The One by John Marrs

88 reviews

sherrireads247's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

obonfiglioli's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Torture, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism

bryceleeanne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Child death and Miscarriage

emma_lynne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Abortion

kellyhennings's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Infertility, Infidelity, Blood, and Grief

breeleigh14's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

gothampenguins's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

jboland's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-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

The twists are what made it for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Abortion, and Alcohol

candace_colleen's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

The two main twists that caught me off guard: Nick’s baby’s father / Sally’s ending. And Mandy’s learning of the mother’s prior kidnapping 😳🤯

I wish I read this during a book club or buddy read so I could have talked to someone! This book will go down on the list of books I wish I could read for the first time again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Kidnapping and Abortion

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

himpersonal's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

This was a fun book but also provocative. In my day job, I deal a lot with what's in this book - digital ethics, cyber crime, data integrity, data privacy, among other things. So this book had an extra layer of interest for me, but I think most people would find all these topics fascinating to ponder.

The book was wedged against something everyone wants in life - true love. We are programmed to believe in it and yearn for it and chase it since we are little with fairytales (though they are way toooooo sexist for my comfort). I think most people would be glad to pay a fee for a guaranteed answer. I might. Actually, I probably would - assuming it would be affordable. But that's why I don't think it would ever be true or work even if it was - because aside from all the consequences explored in this book, I am also sure capitalist greed would completely drive the market and would either make it unaffordable and/or some form of corruption would occur and this book would be prescient. The science could be flawless, but humanity would get in our own way. We always do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail