Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The One by John Marrs

76 reviews

reesespuff6's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

knitdyeread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Pregnancy

chrisdennismyers's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

I don't love John Marrs, it's a little "men writing women" but the concept is SO good and the plot is excellent. Just the female characters have some cringey moments/thoughts that I wish had been excluded.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy

vanhook's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Abortion, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

dazzle_spider_reader_1212's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Murder

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

chloestansifer'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Stalking, and Alcohol

komaedacoffee's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Yeeeesss

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Acephobia/Arophobia

the_one_krissy's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.5

Whew, that was some ride.

The premise of this thriller was quite intriguing. What if "the one" really exists for everyone and could be found with a DNA test? Happily ever afters for everyone, right? Right?!

As it turns out, that's not quite what happens in this book. Five people find their match, but none of them are exactly the kind of once-in-a-lifetime love story they expect. I won't spoil the plot, because the twists and turns of these relationships are what keeps the story interesting, but let's just say that people have secrets and DNA testing can't account for every kind of situation that life may dump on you.

Another interesting aspect of this book was the unpleasant and inevitable fallout of this kind of biological match-making for people whose relationships and marriages have been formed in the goodie oldie way of actually getting to know each other and making life decisions based on that. In this book, the more common DNA testing becomes, the worse non-tested people are stigmatised and considered second-class citizens. It's pretty much expected that if you get tested and a match pops up, you should go for them even if you're already in a steady relationship or married. Leave your wife/husband for your match - obviously it wasn't meant to be and you can only find true love and happiness with the one who is meant for you.

If you really start to think about it, this book will seriously give you the creeps. It was a very dynamic and fast-paced story with multiple equally engaging points of view, and I blazed through it in just a couple of days. I wasn't a fan of some of the endings for all the characters, and thought one of them in particular was a cheap cop-out, but this was a fun enough read all the same.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

An amazing thriller! Imagine a company exists that has created a DNA match test to ensure that every person is matched with the ONE person on earth who is perfect for them, but only if you choose to find them. I'm this book there are multiple POVs. One of them is a serial killer. The twists had me floored. I was actually speechless. I will recommend this book from now on. I enjoyed it so much! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

franklola's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail