Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The One by John Marrs

19 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

jillie's review against another edition

DNF @ 27%

I was very intrigued by the premise but this book was so dark that I couldn’t continue. We spend too much time in a serial killer’s mind.. it’s quite disturbing and in my opinion unnecessary for this kind of story. The other stories aren’t as uncomfortable but have all been somewhat sad/unbelievable. I also thought there were too many characters to keep up with and I disliked the simple writing. The unlikeable characters and writing often annoyed me.

2/12/22

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer and Misogyny

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

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

rw_123'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cancer, Death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Violence, and Murder

zombiezami's review

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

mnemonide's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Misogyny, Terminal illness, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Abortion

marrireadsandrambles's review against another edition

I got 40% through when I just couldn’t anymore. The characters are selfish and one dimensional, making them really annoying to read about. Some of the language is a bit offensive (fatphobia, homophobia). Also

one of the characters has cancer and some of that is talked about in detail which is triggering for me and may be triggering for anyone who has lost someone to cancer

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Grief, and Stalking

Minor: Fatphobia and Car accident