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Ruth Ware: One by One (Paperback, 2021, Vintage) 4 stars

Snow is falling in the exclusive alpine ski resort of Saint Antoine, as the shareholders …

Review of 'One by One' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

4/5

When a work retreat into the mountains goes horribly wrong and people start dying Erin and Liz try to untangle the mysteries in the chalet cut off from the rest of the world.

I really enjoyed the setup of the novel, the small group of young people working for a hip new tech company, each bringing their own secrets. The company leaders who slowly start to show their true colors as things start to go wrong, and the company that is not as pristine and great as it seemed to be. Slowly things start to unravel and I love how the plot progresses with each subsequent tragedy.

There were quite a few characters that I had a bit of a hard time distinguishing between at first but eventually most had a pretty unique personality established. I think the conversations and the way they interacted with each other was also well done to show just how they got along (or not!).

The mystery itself of who was behind everything was solved rationed than expected, but the true motivation didn’t come out until much later on which I thought was cool.

My only real criticism was that there were far too many chapters at the end, after everything was already resolved, that just didn’t add anything. The story could have easily stopped like 5 chapters earlier and it would have been the same result.

Overall it was a good mystery and a fun thriller as you unravel the secrets of the company, the people and the murders.