From the characters to the plot to the setting. And I mean that completely sincerely.Īt the same time, the fact that the content in chapter 72 (which I can’t expand on) is the most brilliant in the book, also tells you how confoundingly boring it is.Īnd I’m sorry but that is seriously all I’ve got because everything about this book is just boring. I have never seen what was done in chapter 72 executed before (that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been done before, I just haven’t seen it). Thank You to Gallery/Scout Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest reviewĬhapter 72 (I believe I counted right) is the most brilliant chapter ever. What I’m about to say is absolutely and exactly right. Admittedly, it is also a double-edged sword. How many ways can I that in summary, it is boring? I don’t know how to make a review about boring, interesting, entertaining, or even how to explain it, other than to say that, in fact, and in summary, it is boring. I mean I just don’t know what to say other than how damn boring One By One is. Turn of the Key, along with Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle and The Chain by Andrew McKinty were the first three Adult Psychological Thrillers I ever read.

To the point made by #1, Ruth Ware’s One By One is and will easily be the biggest reading disappointment of the year. However, since it made me laugh AND was interesting for all the wrong reasons, I could write an incredibly entertaining salty review. It was interesting for ALL THE WRONG REASONS. Since it made me laugh, it was interesting.

It wasn’t supposed to make me laugh but boy did I laugh.

At the end of the day, at least the Guest List made me laugh.

This epic fail was a betrayal akin to Kaz killing Inej. One By One was one of my most anticipated books of the year.

I was not anticipating the Guest List.

There are two fundamental reasons that make Ruth Ware’s latest (and subsequently my review of One By One) worse than Lucy Foley’s The Guest List. *At the end of the post, I have provided three other One By One reviews that you can check out! Just remove the sentence I am stunned and replace it with One By One is boring. The best way I can tell you how boring it is would be to show you the following scene from the Golden Girls. I don’t know how to write a review that explains it or makes it interesting. Ruth Ware’s latest, One By One in summary is boring. If you are looking for an entertaining review? I’m sorry but this isn’t it.

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