The One – Book Review

Title:- The One

Author:- John Marrs

Date published:- July 15th 2016

No. of pages:- 418 pages

Genre:- Psychological Thriller

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5

Writing:- 5/5

Overall rating:- 4.5/5

How far would you go to find The One?

A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth swab and soon you’ll be matched with your perfect partner the one you are genetically made for.

That’s the promise made by Match Your DNA. A decade ago, the company announced that they had found the gene that pairs each of us with our soul mate. Since then, millions of people around the world have been matched. But the discovery has its downsides: test results have led to the breakup of countless relationships and upended the traditional ideas of dating, romance and love.

Now five very different people have received the notification that they’ve been “Matched.” They’re each about to meet their one true love. But “happily ever after” isn’t guaranteed for everyone. Because even soul mates have secrets. And some are more shocking than others…

A word-of-mouth hit in the United Kingdom, The One is a fascinating novel that shows how even the simplest discoveries can have complicated consequences.

I saw this book many times on Instagram and also since this book was made into a Netflix movie (which I haven’t watched yet) I decided to get my hands on this book.

This was actually an interesting, unexpected and unpredictable book.

Meet five main characters–Mandy, Christopher, Jade, Nick and Ellie. All these five to this infamous Match the DNA test and all of them find their true love–Mandy meets a man named Robert, Christopher is a serial killer who kills women until he reaches his target number and meets Amy, a police officer, Jade who moves all the way to Australia to meet her match, Nick who is engaged to Sally but ended up getting matched to another man and Ellie, who is the CEO of the Match DNA and meets a charming man named Tim. Are all these characters connected to each other? Not in anyway but Ellie who is the CEO is indirectly linked to the other characters. Basically, the story tells about the life of each of these characters and the downfall they face when they meet their match.

This was overall an unpredictable thriller. I didn’t really know where the story was headed but then the whole story was fast paced and intriguing. The plot line itself was unique and interesting. The ending was quiet unexpected and basically, the whole story talks about how this DNA thing broke off many relationships of the characters in general. This was also a page-turner thriller. Overall in my opinion, this book worth 4.5 stars and guaranteed will keep you up all night!