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The One by John Marrs

18 reviews

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death, Body horror, Terminal illness, Cancer, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Miscarriage

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexism, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Animal death, Death of parent, and Cursing

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

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

Moderate: Cancer and Kidnapping

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

nataliebootlah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-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? No

4.5

If you could swab your DNA to find your soul mate, The One you’re meant to be with, would you?

In this novel, the world is split in two: those that are happily matched and those still waiting. Couples are torn apart as they match with others, the non-matched are seen as outcasts, and traditional love is no longer traditional. 

The One follows the stories of five very different people—Mandy, Ellie, Nick, Christopher, and Jade—as they meet their newly matched soul mates. Some find true love, some find something else. How far would you go to fall in love?

This was definitely a page-turner and the fact that almost every chapter ended with a cliffhanger helped. It was a psychological thriller unlike anything I’ve ever read before. A quick, fascinating read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Blood

Moderate: Death and Cancer

Minor: Miscarriage and Alcoholism

elviolet's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual harassment, Blood, Violence, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping and Miscarriage

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Abortion

sten89's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Abortion

Minor: Pedophilia, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Alcoholism

kkm88's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gore, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Abortion, Grief, Outing, Pregnancy, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Infidelity

Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Rape

jessicohen15's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Loved this quick read! Once you catch onto the five different plot lines that don’t really intersect and keep them straight in your head - it took me 1/3 the way through to get a good rhythm - it’s an exciting page-turner until the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Murder

theklutzybibliophile's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.25

I love how unique each of the characters were. They all went through journeys that were unlike each others. Very good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Vomit, Cancer, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Minor: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Alcoholism

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