Review of The One

[Eva Balogh Stofila]

[Following is a volunteer review of "The One" by Tyler Cook.]

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4 out of 5 stars

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This book is about love between partners and between a parent and a child. It is about friendship between partners and unconditional love that we have for our children. It is also about good parenting and about young adults who are trying to fly the family nest and make their way in the world; and also about secrets that we might keep from our parents as teenagers and young adults and secrets that our parents might keep away from us.
I particularly liked how the writer divided the book into different eras of the main character’s life. The story is starting when he was a teenager, attending college where he had not many friends, jumps on a few years, when he was a young adult working in his first job that he hated, and then continues a few years later when he was a fully grown adult, supposedly responsible and focused.
I also liked his relationship with his parents and his whole family who played a huge part in his life. But what I liked the most, was his relationship with his best friend, who would play a key part in his life story.
I am not too keen on some of the language used in this book, sometimes it is a little repetitive and I do not like when the messages between the main characters are highlighted in bold, I was really distracted from fully enjoying reading this book.
Overall, it is a good read, which I would recommend to parents and young adults alike, as it touches issues that some families might experience. Especially nowadays when sexuality is a talked about topic in our society.
I would give this book four out of five stars, I am lowering the rating by one star because of the repetitive language that the writer used. I will probably look out for other books from this writer, especially his second novel and its sequel.

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