Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The One by John Marrs

34 reviews

melissasmith's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Child death, and Death

Minor: Animal death

othersociologist's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Cancer, Terminal illness, Violence, and Ableism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Kidnapping

themoodreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Body horror, Cancer, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Stalking, Abandonment, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

curlyewe's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Infertility, Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

missbeetle's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Child death, Blood, and Infidelity

3martini's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Child death, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Murder

alliyyamo's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

Absolutely chaotic, it was a bit slow to start but then the chaos began. I'm not sure how I feel about Marrs style of writing chapters. They're like these jumpcuts making a bit harder to latch onto the characters and forcing you to play a mini memory game of do I remember what happened to this character 5 chapters ago. I do really enjoy the black mirror esque premise and plotline.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Violence, Infidelity, and Murder

bonjourdan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

Pretty good read. It took a while to get into the groove but overall I was enthralled by the end. I think having five different stories at once was a bit confusing but the shorter chapters helped everything stay pretty cohesive and I didn’t see any of the plot twists coming! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Body shaming and Violence

meg_in_progress'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

4.25

I brought this book on vacation and it proved a good beach read - short chapters from different character’s POV that ended in mini-cliffhangers. While it was a real page turner, I was having more fun with family and too tired to read at night so didn’t finish it until I got home. The book had a Black Mirror-esque vibe, leaving the characters and the reader feeling wary and to heed, “be careful what you wish for.” I didn’t feel the choices some of the characters (namely

Ellie, Sally, and Amy

) made in the end felt accurate to their previous depictions, which brought my rating down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Abortion

cleonardodavinci's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Minor: Child death