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Kind of meh. A woman & her boyfriend decide to go to a remote island to film a reality TV show. When a storm hits, things get dire quickly. It‘s billed as a Agatha Christie-style And Then There Were None story, but doesn‘t deliver. There‘s no cleverness in the deaths & no overarching theme until it‘s tacked on at the end. The characters are black & white with no development. The Guest List is a better choice if that‘s what you‘re looking for.

This one is really hard to rate… I wasn‘t enjoying it throughout but found the last few chapters fast to get through and I still left feeling odd about it

I was soooo distracted in the beginning of this book I was afraid I wouldn‘t finish it. But the middle and end were good! I‘m glad I stuck it out.

This was a fast, entertaining read. It was exactly what I was in the mood for yesterday so it's a pick for me.

My long weekend has started and I could not be more delighted. 😊
I'm enjoying my back porch while starting this book.

My daughter highly recommended this bonkers thriller and it did not disappoint. Survivor, some reality tv dating show plus a dash of an Agatha Christie closed door mystery. Loads of fun.

I broke my cardinal rule about bailing on books where there are almost no characters that are likable. I‘m also not a fan of reality shows, the central plot in this somewhat flawed novel. There aren‘t any surprises here. The author telegraphs what‘s happening throughout. But, Ware is playing around with Dame Christie‘s “And Then There were None” and that‘s fun. Anyway, Eight people are taken to a seemingly tropical paradise, only three survive.

Very suspenseful! Didn‘t love the end but great character building and suspense

2-1-25: My 10th finished book of 2025! One Perfect Couple is the name of the new reality show that Lyla and Nico have just been picked for. Along with 4 other couples they embark on a long trip to the Indian Ocean to start filming until there is a terrible storm that wipes the island clean and pits couples against each other in order to survive. ⭐️⭐️⭐️📖#️⃣1️⃣0️⃣

3.5⭐️/5⭐️

Finished one more for #auldlangspine
Good page turner - had me guessing what was going to happen til the end! @MallenNC @monalyisha

Any of these strike your fancy @Jerdencon @bookandbedandtea ? I have a neverending pile of mystery/thrillers from which to choose, so I can pull another four if needed 😂

Since we aren't #LMPBC anymore, do we need another name? #TravelingThrills ? 😆

I‘m not liking this new format of posting reviews. I didn‘t pan this book. I gave it 4/5 rating

Ruth Ware had written a mystery based on a reality television show. When a strong storm hits the island in the South Pacific, the contestants begin to die. One by one, in strange ways, the death toll rises. Those on the island can‘t see a way to leave the uninhabited island. There is not a source of fresh water. Food and bottled water are having to be rationed. Each day new problems arise. Will they be rescued or all die trying? 4/5

For the #comfortreadathon I‘m settling in with my cats, a blanket (though it‘s 75 degrees out… in November), and a mystery my dad lent me. I‘m in the middle of The Collected Regrets of Clover, but that feels a little too somber and contemplative. I think something scandalous and outlandish will be better at holding my attention. My goal is not to be on my phone for chunks of at least an hour.

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Ware's books are always super easy to slip into, and you're always guaranteed a thrilling mystery. My copy might have been an #audiobook; however, that didn't make it any less of a pageturner! Side note: I didn't love the way she started to wrap this one up, so I spent quite a while ranting at the narrator. Thankfully the author did bring it all around in the end though.

I tend to enjoy Ruth Ware books and this was no different. I felt anxious most of this book due to the situation the characters were in so it took me a little longer to get through than her books typically do. If you like feeling the stress along with the characters this one is for you! Another excellent read 😊

Several couples are competitions in a reality show to find the “perfect couple”. They are off to a deserted island when soon after a terrible storm happens. Cut off from everything, the couples have to figure out how to survive ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Read this in two days. Not that it was the best book ever but I did need to know where it was taking me. Reality TV, 10 couples take a trip to an exotic island to “win”. If you have watched any reality show we now all know and think, which one did they choose to stir the pot, to be the villain? Loved that she chose a woman scientist to be the fact “finder”. I liked this book, just a fun, who did it and why read.

I knew that was ridiculous, that abusers often went for the trophy girlfriend, and then ground them down. Perhaps half the triumph was in slashing down the tallest poppy.

This was an overall entertaining summer thriller. It takes place on an island and features a reality competition, but it really shows what happens when things go very wrong. I liked the characters overall, but they did feel a little two dimensional at times. This did keep me tense through the end though so I would recommend for a fun quick read. 3.5⭐️

I might be over Ruth Ware 😬😬😬. I‘m not a huge mystery fan anymore. They give me too much anxiety 😆. This is the first new book of hers I‘ve read in 3 releases.

I did like this one, but I had to read it in big chunks to get through it. I thought it was going to have a different twist at the end, but I liked it overall.

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My favorite book for July was One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware.
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Nico talks his girlfriend Lyla into doing a reality TV show on a deserted island. But then a hurricane comes and it quickly goes from couples in paradise to surviver.
Loved this one 💛
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This was good but not a favorite Ruth Ware (I‘ve read her canon). I‘ve read several And-then-there-were-none type thrillers of late so I‘m getting picky. I thought too many pages were dedicated to characters that weren‘t a part of the final showdown. I would liked more character development of the characters who made it home.

Haven't read Ruth Ware in while, and even though I struggled with telling the characters apart at the beginning, I soon was devoured by the story. It kept me hooked during a time, I could hardly focus for 20 pages, so I'd say this counts for something. And yes, of course the Lost vibe totally got me. At the end, I was impressed by what these women could do.

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This is a soft pick for me. I love the premise of the story - a reality show gone terribly wrong - and I enjoy Ruth Ware‘s writing style, however I honestly didn‘t find this very mysterious or thrilling. It‘s clear really quickly who the “bad guy” is and after that it‘s just about survival. The ending also just felt meh to me and there weren‘t any big reveals or shocks, which would have made it better in my opinion. Middle of the road. 🌟🌟🌟💫

Stuck on an island with a murderer. 🥴

Good read with a twist.

Love Island meets Lord of the Flies in this intense thriller. A compelling read where I didn‘t know who to trust at first. The claustrophobic feeling of the island is really well depicted as is the paranoia. When the villain of the piece starts to be revealed, the suspense increases, the characters‘ anxieties ratchet up and the pace escalates. I very much enjoyed it - it kept me turning the pages. #TBC on Facebook

I always look forward to Ware‘s latest; while this isn‘t my favorite, I still had fun reading it! The first third or so drags quite a bit with the setup & cast intros. Lyla begrudgingly agrees to accompany her wannabe actor boyfriend to a remote Indonesian island to film a couples-based reality show. She & Nico make a plan of their own, but one storm changes everything and making this far from a staged competition for survival. The pace picks up!

I‘m reading and reviewing this for #TBC on Facebook.

I felt like I wanted to skip past some of these chapters, but overall the payoff was good and I did read it in a day because I wanted to know how it all turned out. Ruth Ware is an instant purchase for me but I may be taking a break. #botm
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Lyla & Nico feel the clocks ticking on their careers.

When Nico is offered a couples slot on a reality TV show he begs Lyla to come with him. She begrudgingly agrees.

5 couples, diverse & I liked them all. Things don‘t go as expected & pretty soon you have a One by One scenario on a miserably hot island ravaged by a storm with no hope of rescue.

Great narration! Helped my burnout!

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Lunchtime! I really need to get moving on this book because its due back at the end of the week!

Not the best Ruth Ware book. But it is intense!

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This book was fun. However, it didn't have as many twists as Ware usually does. I skimmed sections without missing much. 3.5 stars.
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This was a really good book! I knew there was a reason I don‘t like reality shows. 😉 This is somewhat in the line of Agatha Christie‘s “And Then There Were None.” It‘s also similar to Ware‘s book, “One by One”, only instead of being surrounded by snow the people in this book are stranded on an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean with limited supplies. This is definitely a must read.

Ware‘s books are really hit or miss for me. If you‘re looking into this book thinking it‘s a page turning thriller, that it is not. I liked the main character and that‘s why I kept reading, hoping something more exciting would happen. I‘m not really a fan of locked room mysteries or “stuck on a deserted island” mysteries & there have been a lot of those lately. The reality show bit made it interesting. Overall 3/5 stars.

I never miss a Ruth Ware book! Excited to start this one!

Harkening to Agatha Christie‘s classic And Then There Were None, this high-tension thriller follows five couples trapped on a storm-swept island as a killer stalks among them—from Ruth Ware, the New York Times bestselling author who “is turning out to be as ingenious and indefatigable as the Queen of Crime” (The Washington Post).

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I totally forgot that I went crazy with my #botm order this month and now I don‘t know what to read first! 😅

Things are not going great at postdoc virologist Lyla‘s job, so when her struggling actor boyfriend begs her to go onto a couples reality show, she reluctantly agrees. After arrival at the tropical island, things don‘t exactly go as planned. I loved this and could not put it down.

I wasn‘t crazy about the main picks this month but I REALLY wanted the new Ruth Ware book so here we are 😆. I don‘t think I‘ve read a Peter Swanson book before so hopefully it‘s good. #BOTM needs to wow me in the next few months or I might be canceling my subscription 🥺.

I apologize to anyone who is really happy with this month‘s #BOTM offerings. BUT….
I am SO disappointed, AGAIN. There is not a single one I want, and my add ons are just languishing in my cart for another month. 😢 😠
BOO #BOTM BOO

Were you excited about this month‘s books? Maybe you can change my mind.