The One

That was incredibly disappointing. The best thing about it was that the chapters were short so it was easy to make progress and get through it.

I picked this up as a break from two long anthologies I'm reading and there was so much buzz about it. Ultimately it is the poster child for melodrama. I don't really like when people are seemingly driven to extreme measures, or choose to do so in what seems a cheap and easy manner. Ultimately I only cared about one of the characters. This is the kind of book that promotes “mean world” syndrome where everyone lies or is a psychopath or manipulator or strives to outdo others in reprehensible behavior.

I should have known when the selling points for the book were about the premise of the DNA Matching and the next thing someone would say would be “and someone is matched with a serial killer, and one man is matched with another.” I guess that is the literary equivalent of liking to play Cards Against Humanity.