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One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

May 9, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

The ending and reveal on how things ended up the way they did really just ruined my enjoyment of this book. I really wish that Ware had went a different way with this one. I liked the whole idea of this being a homage of “And Then There Were One” with everyone being moved to a deserted island via a reality tv show. But once you get to how they all got there and why and the big gaping plot holes about why X and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: One Perfect Couple, Ruth Ware

Classic's CBR17 Review No:53 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: One Perfect Couple, Ruth Ware ·
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“They pick volatile people, people who’re going to perform for the cameras, they wind them up as tight as they can, they engineer a bunch of high-stress situations that are practically guaranteed to make someone lose their shit, throw in some alcohol—and then they sit back and let the cameras roll and the tweets pour in.”

One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

September 12, 2024 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for another summer read to lazily sink your reading teeth into, Ruth Ware is usually a pretty good choise, and this one is no different. With a beachy setting, lots of intrigue and vapid people it’s a recipe for grand escapism. For anyone who is a mindful consumer of reality TV (i.e. you know it’s fake but you love it anyway) this is a fun peak behind the fictional curtain of a British show set on a tropical island meant to showcase […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: England, One Perfect Couple, reality TV, Ruth Ware, Summer book, thriller

cheerbrarian's CBR16 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: England, One Perfect Couple, reality TV, Ruth Ware, Summer book, thriller ·
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  • esmemoria on Anthony Horowitz becomes a character in his own mystery novel.Ah, that makes a bit more sense. Thank you!
  • KimMiE" on Anthony Horowitz becomes a character in his own mystery novel.I think this is just Horowitz's way of demonstrating that not every detective has to be likeable. If I remember...
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