Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The One by John Marrs

34 reviews

kara_v's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Pregnancy

atlas_shruggs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 Another decidedly OK book for this year. The plot was decent, I'll give it that, and some of the characters were pretty interesting. The Novum was cool, with the whole DNA Matching, but I just didn't feel particularly invested in any of the characters and their stories. In the beginning I found Christopher's chapters to be the most entertaining, but during the end I was looking forward to Nick's chapters more than anything. I kind of felt like this book was just five books all mashed together, since they didn't really overlap at all, and some of them felt way too different from the other ones. If you made me read one of Jade's chapters and then one of Christopher's and told me they were from the same book, I would think you were lying. I'm not sure if this is because I'm not used to reading adult thrillers, but I had to make an index of the characters and their main plot points so I wouldn't get too confused.
Over all I think I just didn't really mesh with the writing style, so it was pretty average for me.
Also like, all the trigger warnings for this book, jesus. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

rooroo_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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 book took me in directions that I was never expecting. It was dark, it was twisted, and it was just so darn good. I loved that there were so many perspectives being followed to show the real impact of the Match Your DNA test, and the way that everyone was so different gave it dimension. At first, I really hated that we got such short chapters for everyone and that the chapter would end right as something was happening, but towards the middle and end of the book I started to appreciate the anticipation that the shorter chapters were able to create, so the next time we met that particular character there was a bigger impact from whatever was happening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

eliss959's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.75

I loved the beginning and the concept of this book and I love deeply the way it has been written and the short length of the chapters. It had one too many twists.. at the beginning it was endearing and very intriguing but towards the end I felt I just wanted the story to continue and I was a bit over the dragged suspense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, and Murder

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

tisalwayssunny's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I’m sorry but this was such a fun, soapy, thriller!! The chapters are short but they each end with a little cliff hanger which keeps the novel engaging as we switch between 5 different perspectives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse

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

violetmari's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, and Gaslighting

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

griskusse's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping