Another solid novel of suspense by Ruth Ware. "One By One" is full of the twists, turns and surprises you'd expect from this author. She definitely built up the suspense and I was racing through as fast as I could to finish the book.

Description: Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a cozy fire, and company to keep you warm. But what happens when that company is eight of your coworkers...and you can’t trust any of them? When an offsite company retreat meant to promote mindfulness and collaboration goes utterly wrong when an avalanche hits, the corporate food chain becomes irrelevant and survival trumps togetherness. Come Monday morning, how many members short will the team be? 
 
My thoughts: I was thrilled when I was approved to read “One by One” by Ruth Ware! I absolutely loved “In a Dark, Dark Wood” and “The Woman in Cabin 10” and had high expectations for this one. That being said, it took me a long time to read this. I couldn’t relate with any of the characters, and they all seemed to irritate me in their own ways. I had hoped to be hooked way sooner than I was. It didn’t really hold my attention until I was about 65% of the way finished. However, when it got to that point, I started to really enjoy it! I wanted to find out who the culprit was (kind of guessed it from the start though), and once I knew for sure, I felt absolutely paranoid and terrified for a certain character! My heart was finally racing, and that is what I had been waiting for all along! It just frustrated me that it took so long to get there.

This one gets 3.5 stars from me!

One by One is another great read by Ruth Ware even though the beginning had me confused as she introduced the characters. This book delivers enough secrets and tension to keep the reader fully engaged and racing to the end.

I’ve ready several of Ruth Ware’s previous novels and this one did not disappoint my expectations of an exciting thriller. The characters felt real and the story was gripping. I had a hard time putting this one down one I got started, Erin and Danny work in a ski chalet in France and this week they are hosting a tech app company called Snoop. 10 people are in the Snoop party but there is more than corporate games in their future, The group is torn in two about whether or not to accept a generous buyout and this trip has an ulterior purpose, But an avalanche hits and they become isolated and slowly one by one people are being murdered. The question of whether or not the killer would be identified in time before it was too late for them kept me glued to the pages. I highly recommend this thriller!

4.25 stars

A remote location.
Cut off from communication.
Treacherous conditions.
Can these travelers survive the elements and one another?
That's the main question I asked throughout.

This story seems to be loosely based on the classic And Then There Were None (one character even repeats the line from that book - "And then there were six."). With each page, the story built in momentum.
Who is the killer?
Who is next?
Will they be saved?

The story centers on a company, Snoop, that has created a popular music-based app. Seven of the key managers, and one extra, have just arrived at a French ski chalet when things go from bad (one missing employee, assumed dead) to worse (an avalanche) quickly. As the death count slowly grows, the group grows weary of who to trust.

I'll be honest, I figured out the killer early on due to one clue given by the author. She does a good job trying to get me to second guess my theory, but I just couldn't figure out who else it could be. The only thing I didn't know was why, what was the motive.

Despite figuring out the killer, I liked the pacing of the book, which grew with intensity. By the last 10%, I couldn't put it down, eager to see how things played out - does the killer get away with it?

If you like a good who-done-it mystery, this is worth checking out!

This book was hard to put down! So much suspense, and definite Agatha Christie vibes. The setting added a lot of drama to the situations, and though there were a lot of characters to keep track of, they were all relatively well developed. The app idea at the center of the book is actually brilliant, and I wish it existed in real life!

If you are into thrillers, you will love this book!

"When the crowd acclaims its favorites, it applauds itself." (John Lancaster Spalding)

One by One is peopled with individuals that will literally make your teeth hurt. We have money, privilege, ambition, and ego packed into high-end suitcases rolling into the St. Antoine Chalet in the French Alps. This is the site for a corporate retreat for Snoop, a tech startup company which features the ability to follow the playlists of famous people from around the world. Kinda like "voyeurism for the ears in real time".

As the entourage enters the chalet, we re numbed by the number of characters presented from the get-go. Keeping track of these high-maintenance people was nerve-wracking to say the least. The majority of them were cringe worthy and too much effort was put in by the reader to try to figure out what their function was within this company. As the plot unfolded, it was like observing Tarot cards being placed face up on the table with the obvious killer smirking back at you. No shockers hidden under couch cushions or behind closed doors. The wind-up went on page after page taking up space without offering anything concrete to balance out this story.

Ruth Ware usually sets out a pretty good read. The initial idea was a clever one, but One by One suffered from far too much bulk placed in a small chalet setting with not too many options to expand. The majority of characters are dumped out before we barely know their names. Here's hoping that the next one will trim the fat and streamline into a sleeker more mysterious model.

I received a copy of One by One through NetGalley for an honest review. My thanks to Simon & Schuster and to Ruth Ware for the opportunity.

I love Ruth Ware and was very excited when I was given the opportunity to read her newest book. This book was similiar to the classic And then there was none. When the company Snoop takes a retreat to a mountain Chalet to have some fun skiing while trying to decide on the companies future it seems like a great way to relax. Shortly after arriving it's obvious that the group is definitely not all on the same page and one by one members of the group start dying. There was a nice mix of mystery and drama that kept me not wanting to put the book down until I was done.

I thank Netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity to review this book.

Ruth Ware gets better every novel! One by One seems to draw from And Then There Were None but with a twist. A corporate party makes reservations to stay in a swanky ski chalet in France. Just them and 2 staff, Danny & Erin. But by the next morning, we have our first victim. And then an avalanche. And a few more bodies. And even after the murderer is revealed, there is secretive film footage of yet another murder! WHAT?! Anyway, if you enjoy a good nostalgic mystery (w/ some fun twists & turns, just like skiing), then this is the book for you. Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an advanced digital copy!

I really enjoy most of Ruth Ware’s thrillers and this was no exception! I was excited when I read the summary, as I love novels where the characters are stuck somewhere and start being killed off. In this case, it is a ski chalet where employees from Snoop, an app company, are having a retreat. They are divided about whether or not to sell the company, and someone must feel more strongly about the buyout than others, as people keep turning up murdered. The book is told from the perspectives of Erin, an employee at the chalet, and Liz, a former staffer at Snoop who has a 2% interest in the company and therefore the deciding vote about the buyout, and both are harboring their own secrets of course. One by One was suspenseful and had me very engaged for the first three quarters or so; however’ the last bit was predictable and a little too action-packed for my taste. There was also a lot of language used about skiing that was unfamiliar to me (and I imagine most people). But overall, it was very entertaining and I love the idea of the Snoop app (you can anonymously snoop on the music that people are currently listening to).

3.5 stars

Is there a better setting for horror/mystery/thriller than snowy isolation? The setting alone makes this worth a read.

When the novel begins, readers meet Erin and Danny, who are both employed at a fancy chalet and are preparing to care for their guests: all high-level employees of Snoop. Erin and Danny both appear likable and down-to-earth, and it's easy to root for them from the start, especially against the backdrop of wealthy and entitled folks whom they have signed on to serve.

The pacing was tough for me. Early on, there's a scene in which the Snoop group has to view a presentation. To some degree, that's what I felt like I was doing during a lot of the first part of the novel: waiting for it to be over so we could get to the more exciting material. Despite some of the slower pacing at first, the plot and action do pick up, there are some good twists, and it's a satisfying read overall (minus the strangest and most distracting reference to pina colada drinking folks, which you can find and judge for yourselves). I also admittedly wanted a bit more profundity from the ending and from the Snoop followers tie-ins (chapter headings).

The setting is the star, and this is an interesting read overall.

In an isolated French ski chalet, the team from Snoop, a tech startup, gathers for an off-site retreat to discuss some important decisions for the company's future. As with most companies, each team member comes with his/her own agenda, some including murder. In addition to the Snoop team, we also hear from Erin, who runs the chalet along with her chef friend.

I enjoyed the closed-circle aspect of this book, and Ruth Ware always comes up with interesting plot ideas. I felt it was a little too obvious who the murderer was, but the book was enjoyable anyway.

Thanks go to NetGalley and Gallery/Scout Press for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and give an honest review of this book.

Because I am not a skier and I have never visited the alps, I was uncertain as to whether this book would interest me. Silly me, I should have know that once I started a Ruth Ware book I would be hooked.

Most of the characters in this book are not very likable. They are all at a chalet in the Alps for a work retreat. One at a time they they begin to disappear or are murdered. Everyone has a back story which pre-dates the corporate event.

If you enjoy trying to solve the murder mystery ahead of time, you will get some help from the one masterminding the destruction. The murderer explains why they are doing what they are doing and a cat and mouse game begins.

An avalanche has occurred further complicating the predicament survivors
face. You won’t be disappointed in this thriller.

A corporate retreat for a social media company, Snoop, on a secluded ski resort sounds like the perfect weekend. But the agendas for each member of the Snoop team are all different. And the suddenly turn out to be deadly as one by one, members begin to die. And the resort is cut off from the outside world AND all social media.

Ware weaves another intriguing mystery in her new release. I am also currently listening to another novel by Lucy Foley and found the plots are eerily similar. Too similar, in fact, that while listening to the audio book and reading this book, I kept getting them confused.

With that, I liked the novel, but felt like it was too similar to others and not as original as I had hoped it was.

Do not read this book late at night! Your heart rate will be through the roof, your muscles will tense up, and you will get no sleep. Even read during the day it will scare you. I could not put this powerful thriller down. The term “locked room” mystery, which has been applied to this book, brings to my mind a sedate and cerebral read, while this book is anything but. Yes, the characters are a fixed group and they are “locked” into a ski chalet by an avalanche, with one of them killing the others. But it is so much more than that.

I read this book during an Arizona summer, with temperatures well above 100, but I was actually cold. Ware’s writing about winter in the Alps is that good. I’m not a skier, but the writing about dangerous skiing on the edge had me on the edge of my seat. The expression, “the tension was palpable,” which is overused in hype about books, was literally true here. I kept having to stop reading for a minute while I flexed my muscles and shook off the effects of the writing.

The writing in ONE BY ONE was fabulous. All characters were fully developed and nuanced, and the premise of an Internet company’s retreat was both realistic and engaging. The descriptions of the snowy mountain landscape were cinematic. And the plot was complex and twisty. The emotional and physical intensity built throughout the book, careening toward a tightly plotted conclusion.

I can’t wait to see what Ruth Ware will do next!

I am such a fan of this author. It is mystery/suspense but not in a creepy over the top too much gore kind of way. I enjoy the setting up of characters and the twist that always comes. The final chapters were the most suspenseful and captivating by far. I literally could not stop reading it. Ruth Ware crafts an amazing story that sucks you in, makes you invested in the characters, and then throws the curve that you didn’t see coming or maybe you did but she so carefully embeds hints that you don’t know it until you know it. "The Death of Mrs. Westaway" was my first Ruth Ware book and still my favorite. Her books are top notch exciting reads that really make you feel in the moment trying to solve the mystery with everyone else.

I have 57 books on my to read list. I read the first few pages of One by One and ditched all of them. I was immediately hooked. I really enjoyed the different view points. The suspense built up, but small details were revealed throughout to keep you intrigued. My favorite book by Ruth Ware thus far. I received an advanced copy from netgalley.

One By One by Ruth Ware was just a solid thriller. As I say over and over, I often just need that in my life. These thrills are built around a company retreat at a ski lodge. Snoop is an app that lets you listen to what someone else is listening to at that exact moment. The Snoop team is headed to a retreat to navigate what might be next for the company. And then they get snowed in, and chaos ensues. The story's suspense builds with its dual narrators. Pause here for your obligatory reminder of how much I LOVE dual narrators. In this instance, the two narrators are one of the employees at the lodge and a Snoop shareholder who has power by virtue of her shares in the company. The two women's narration show how the group navigates not just the snowstorm, but the murder/disappearances/shady happenings around the Snoop team. It's clear there is a killer in the group, but who is it? Again, this one had some solid suspense that kept me reading. I couldn't figure out the killer's identity, but felt the feels as things got more hectic and dire, and I needed to know how it all played out! This one isn't out until the fall, but when it drops, it's a good thrill ride to have in your life. Thanks to NetGalley for the early look at this September 2020 release!

Ruth Ware does it again with another page turning murder mystery! When an avalanche traps two workers and a company on retreat inside the lodge, the body count continues to increase and there is a murderer on the loose. This one was slow to start for me as tracking all of the characters was a bit much, but once I was in it, I could not put it down!

I had to give this book a while to settle before I wrote my review.
This book has an Excellent setting/vibe. The idea that all of these people are completely trapped and secluded on this mountain is an excellent creeeeepy set up. No power, no wifi, little or no cell reception. The quick back and forth chapters are also excellent and made this a fast, compelling read. All of the characters are pretty hateable, and everyone probably has a motive. There A few good teasers to keep you wondering. There are also some teasers that aren’t ever really addressed/resolved.
After the first death, one person seems very suspicious, however, it quickly becomes obvious that person is not the culprit. Two more people die in quick succession, another “disappears” and the creepiness factor is upped when The two narrators are left alone in the chalet (Both injured) while the others set off in groups to try to find help. From there, I was expecting some more twists and turns but it turns at that point from a psychological thriller more into a horror movie type of plot, which I didn’t enjoy nearly as much as the first half of the book. Overall this was an enjoyable read but the ending didn’t quite come through for me.