Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The One by John Marrs

14 reviews

taria's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

bethsbooketlist'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 -  LOVED LOVED LOVED !!! This was a local book club read and I wish I could be at the chat to discuss because wow. Just wow. It was a thriller with so many twists and turns - I didn't expect how the story was going to play out. A really cool concept that I haven't read before. There was a host of characters that we follow with completely different stories, and every time their chapter ended I couldn't wait to return and see where their story went next. There was no character I didn't enjoy following.

The writing was maybe not the most literary  but it really didn't matter. Every page had me gripped hook, line and sinker. Definitely reading more of this author in the future 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

afterall's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

There are way too many psychopaths in this book.

I became increasingly frustrated with the decisions made by these characters. They either were extremely predictable or just didn’t make sense. I can’t think of a single character who I liked - they are all extremely unlikeable and I found myself rolling my eyes many times.

I was also disappointed in the writing. I felt I was often taken out of the story because the writing style is so simple and blunt. Maybe I’m just used to more poetic writing with better flow. The dialogue was also unrealistic and often clearly only there to explain to the reader, but made no sense coming from the characters.

There were so many twists and turns (some predictable, some just absolutely ridiculous) that it kept me reading, but I couldn’t wait to be done reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

andreiaoh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

this was a WILD ride

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content