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John Marrs

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John Marrs is the author of The Good Samaritan, When You Disappeared, and Welcome to Wherever You Are. He is a freelance journalist based in London, England who has spent 20 years interviewing celebrities from the world of television, film and music for national magazines and newspapers. He has visa mer also written for publications including the Guardian's Guide and Guardian Online, Total Film, Huffington Post, Empire, Q, GT, and The Independent. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre

Verk av John Marrs

The One (2016) 1,053 exemplar
The Passengers (2019) 413 exemplar
What Lies Between Us (2020) 326 exemplar
The Good Samaritan (2017) 301 exemplar
When You Disappeared (2017) 138 exemplar
Keep It in the Family (2022) 134 exemplar
The Marriage Act: A Novel (2023) 125 exemplar
The Minders (2020) 98 exemplar
Her Last Move (2018) 67 exemplar
The Vacation (2021) 63 exemplar
The Wronged Sons (2013) 48 exemplar
The Stranger in Her House (2024) 36 exemplar
Welcome To Wherever You Are (2015) 32 exemplar

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male
Nationalitet
UK
Bostadsorter
London, England, UK
Yrken
freelance journalist

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Synopsis: Britain has created a marriage upgrade called the Marriage Act. If couples choose this upgrade their relationship will be monitored and there will be interventions including therapy and, in extreme cases, mandatory divorce, for couples who aren't getting along. There are perks for those who upgrade such as better housing and cars.
The book follows various individuals and couples effected by the Act.

My Rating:
3 of 5 Stars

I had expected this book to primarily focus on how the marriage act effected couples. While we get glimpses of that throughout the book that isn't at the center of the story. This book is largely about the corruption in the government that is connected with the Act.

This book has very firm ideas about it's stance on the Act and the reader isn't given a well-rounded view of the pros and cons that come from this Act beyond the superficial things such as wealth.

There are several stories and plots we are following in this book and as such I didn't think any of them got more than glimpses. I never felt connected to any characters though I did worry about the fate of a few of them.

I think this book is a cool look at what happens when government overreach happens and when personal surveillance impedes on liberty. It also looks shows the dangers of letting the government have to much say in such personal things as marriage.

While I thought there were many really interesting and valuable conversations I just didn't love it and I think that was mostly due to an abundance of characters and the inability to deeply connect with any individual.
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authorjanebnight | 6 andra recensioner | Mar 7, 2024 |
Elle is the head of a company who has pioneered a service that promises to match people with their life partner based on a gene for a perfect match. The book follows 5 people in the UK who have been matched. That knowledge has vastly different results in the lives of the characters. Chapters are short, lots of action with a fair helping of loss and tragedy.
I found it pretty compelling and a quick read.
½
 
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ewyatt | 78 andra recensioner | Mar 3, 2024 |
Fantastic read that took me a bit to decide I’d try. The opening chapter pulled me in immediately. It remained highly suspenseful. When smart technology is so heavily relied upon it makes one think!
 
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BONS | 42 andra recensioner | Feb 25, 2024 |
Although The One by John Marrs has been on my shelf for quite a while, I have just now gotten around to reading it, and I don't know what took me so long! This was full of cliffhangers and twists, and I was completely here for it.

A new app called Match Your DNA uses biology and genetics to match you with your perfect person, whether they live a mile away or across the world from you. The DNA has never been wrong, there have never been mis-matches before, you're guaranteed to be with THE ONE.

There's Nick and Sally, engaged to be married when Sally decides she wants confirmation that they're Matched. When it comes back that his Match is a man named Alexander, Sally pushes for Nick to meet him just to see if the Match Your DNA algorithm really did screw up. Mandy and Richard match, but she never hears from him, and that starts her down a path that she didn't plan on going. Jade surprises her match, Kevin, who lives halfway around the world from her, only to find out that he's not the person she's been talking to for months. Christopher is a killer, and his match has no idea of his psychopathic tendencies. Ellie is the CEO of a multi-million dollar company, and although she swears she's happy with her life, when she's matched with Timothy, she soon becomes enamored with him.

Told from the perspective of one half of five couples, we follow them through their first meet up to the inevitable conclusion. Is Nick really gay and hiding it? Or did the system completely mess up? Is Mandy's Match dead, or did he just not want to meet her? Why doesn't Kevin want to see Jade? Will Amy understand if Christopher tells her the truth? If Ellie tells Tim who she really is, will he still accept her?

The writing was immaculate in this suspenseful thriller. The chapters were short with cliffhangers, I had to keep reading to get to that characters next chapter. There were many twists that I didn't see coming, although there were a couple of things that I guessed would happen. This was a definite page-turner, and I can hardly wait to get my hands on another of John Marrs books.

All in all, a great contemporary thriller of love, loss, family, secrets, and redemption. If you enjoy a twisty tale of suspense and romance, then this is for you.
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SassyCassi | 78 andra recensioner | Feb 22, 2024 |

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Verk
16
Medlemmar
2,843
Popularitet
#9,026
Betyg
3.8
Recensioner
204
ISBN
114
Språk
10
Favoritmärkt
1

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