Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The One by John Marrs

54 reviews

meanaleann's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

ducklingh's review against another edition

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, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

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

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

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

t_higgsreviews's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

4 Stars
CAWPILE = 7.29

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity and Kidnapping

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Abortion

pinkhyxteria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

amcghig's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

cepbreed's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

Many characters in this book were written with a painfully male gaze and that itself made this such a hard read. The beginning is slow and remembering the five characters and their lives is a chore. That said the concept is very interesting and plot twists surprising. However some were not well executed and I felt like they were only added for shock value, not for the expansion of the narrative.

Song: Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Body shaming

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, Stalking, Abortion, and Pregnancy

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

princessgonchar's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

 This was a really fun read! I picked up the audiobook on a whim because I didn't want to have to read anything with my eyes and just listened to it all day long. I will say some stories were inherently going to be more interesting than others, and I wish some twists had been more hidden, but then again other twists made me gasp out loud so it was a good mix.

I took it down one star for some of the predictability (and subsequently, some things not making a ton of sense to me or something not being taken all the way that I wanted it to go) and then just general personal enjoyment. I really generally dislike stories that center around pregnancy, which immediately made some of the stories significantly less interesting/enjoyable. But that's just me. And if you're particularly moved by stories about pregnancy and children, you'll probably like it a lot!

A good read, very entertaining! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Car accident

Minor: Dementia

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Honestly the first 60% was boring and then it finally picked up. The only chapters that were interesting throughout the book was Christophers. Jade was pointless he whole time. Nick honestly really annoyed me, and Ellis and Mandy did get more interesting. Honestly I just didn’t love the idea that people would drop someone they love for someone that is probably their soulmate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

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: Cancer, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse and Genocide