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The One by John Marrs

22 reviews

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.5

An amazing thriller! Imagine a company exists that has created a DNA match test to ensure that every person is matched with the ONE person on earth who is perfect for them, but only if you choose to find them. I'm this book there are multiple POVs. One of them is a serial killer. The twists had me floored. I was actually speechless. I will recommend this book from now on. I enjoyed it so much! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

decembermagpie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

tenasadie's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gore, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

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

raquelita's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

effys's review against another edition

challenging inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved reading this book, I started of super interested in Nick and Christopher’s stories as they stood out as the most intriguing but each characters story gripped me throughout and made me want to know where all of them were going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Abortion

princessgonchar's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

 This was a really fun read! I picked up the audiobook on a whim because I didn't want to have to read anything with my eyes and just listened to it all day long. I will say some stories were inherently going to be more interesting than others, and I wish some twists had been more hidden, but then again other twists made me gasp out loud so it was a good mix.

I took it down one star for some of the predictability (and subsequently, some things not making a ton of sense to me or something not being taken all the way that I wanted it to go) and then just general personal enjoyment. I really generally dislike stories that center around pregnancy, which immediately made some of the stories significantly less interesting/enjoyable. But that's just me. And if you're particularly moved by stories about pregnancy and children, you'll probably like it a lot!

A good read, very entertaining! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Car accident

Minor: Dementia

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

kelpie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Car accident

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