So this is actually the second Ruth Ware book I tried reading. The first one was The Woman in Cabin 10, and I just didn’t vibe with the book and gave it up after a few chapters. I didn’t really plan to try another Ware book, but she appeared on the podcast All About Agatha (Christie) and One by One had huge And Then There Were None Vibes so I decided to check it out!

One by One starts with Erin and Danny welcoming their guests to the chalet. Tensions quickly surface because it’s clear they are there to persuade Liv, who has quit the company but holds voting shares, to either vote for an acquisition or to veto it. Things rapidly go downhill when one of them goes missing, is probably dead, and an avalanche cuts them off from everyone else.

The fact that I’m writing this review means that I finished this book (unlike Cabin) and I really enjoyed it! The two narrators are Erin (cabin hostess) and Liv (former employee) and I enjoyed both their POVs. The pacing felt pretty good as well, and I was definitely surprised by the reveal. I don’t really feel like I can talk about the mystery without revealing too much, but this book shares a resemblance to not one but two Christie novels.

In a way, this is a hard book to review. I don’t really want to discuss too much about it because I don’t want to give any spoilers. Basically, I enjoyed this; it didn’t wow me (or I would probably write a longer review), I didn’t hate it (or I would write a longer review) but it was a great mystery and it made me excited to read more of Ruth Ware’s works.

P.s. If you like the whole “people dying one by one while they are trapped in a location” set-up, you may also enjoy The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

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