Title: One by OneAuthor: Ruth Ware
Genre: Mystery, suspense, thriller
Format: Kindle ARC
No. of Pages: 384
Date of Publication: September 8, 2020
Description: Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French Alps doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world. Especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a full-service chef and housekeeper, a cozy fire to keep you warm, and others to keep you company. Unless that company happens to be eight coworkers…each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide.
When the cofounder of Snoop, a trendy London-based tech startup, organizes a weeklong trip for the team in the French Alps, it starts out as a corporate retreat like any other: PowerPoint presentations and strategy sessions broken up by mandatory bonding on the slopes. But as soon as one shareholder upends the agenda by pushing a lucrative but contentious buyout offer, tensions simmer and loyalties are tested. The storm brewing inside the chalet is no match for the one outside, however, and a devastating avalanche leaves the group cut off from all access to the outside world. Even worse, one Snooper hadn’t made it back from the slopes when the avalanche hit.
As each hour passes without any sign of rescue, panic mounts, the chalet grows colder, and the group dwindles further…one by one.
My Thoughts: This is my second Ruth Ware book and I found this book to be way better than the first one I have read. I am glad that I decided to give Ruth Ware a second chance.
This book has a slow start and there are a lot of characters that are involved in the story. It took me quite a while before I could get everyone straight in my head. The story itself is told from 3 peoples point of view and that also took me a while to remember who was who.
It wasn't until the story was about 50-60% complete that I really found myself enjoying the book and struggling to put it down. This was about the time when one of the characters started to figure out what was actually going on. I have to say that it took me by surprise and I also didn't see it coming either. I really like a good story that keeps you guessing and can blindside you.
Unlike the previous Ruth Ware book that I have read, I really enjoyed the ending of the book. The previous one, I felt like the ending was left incomplete and I was concerned that would be the case here. I am so glad that I was wrong.
The one thing that took me a while to figure out and does eventually get explained is the Snoop information that is provided at the start of the chapter. Honestly, I found that the information was unnecessary for the story itself and didn't really contribute at all.
Rating: 4 out of 5 because the story didn't really catch my attention until further into the book. Once it caught my attention I had difficulty putting the book down.
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About the Author: Ruth Ware worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language, and a press officer before settling down as a full-time writer. She now lives with her family in Sussex, on the south coast of England. She is the #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail (Toronto) bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood; The Woman in Cabin 10; The Lying Game; The Death of Mrs. Westaway; and The Turn of the Key. Visit her at RuthWare.com or follow her on Twitter @RuthWareWriter.
Many thanks to Gallery/Scout Press and Netgalley for this review copy. This is my honest opinion.
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