One Perfect Couple is a thriller about reality show contestants stranded on an island. I’m not much of a fan for plastic reality shows, so probably not surprising that this book missed the mark for me. While the characters may have been written appropriately for this story, I found this book tough to get through.

Thank you NetGalley and Gallery Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I am a huge Ruth Ware fan, but I could not get into this one. I did not finish it. I will try again when I can get my hands on a hard copy. Sometimes it helps to have the physical book in my hands.

While One Perfect Couple had excellent momentum for the first 2/3, I found the last third to be lacking. I initially thought it would be my new favorite Ruth Ware book, but it fell flat and ultimately left me wanting more.

I loved The It Girl but I have yet to find a Ruth Ware book I like. One Perfect Couple is a great vacation book if you're a fan of dating reality tv shows. I am not. As a result, it was not my favorite mystery thriller. But I don't watch reality tv.

Young readers may enjoy this one, or someone who enjoys reality TV. I've read quite a few of Ruth Ware's books and this was not my least favorite but it was close. I take the blame--I didn't realize what it was about. The characters were stereotypical wannabe reality stars. I didn't connect with or like any of the characters, at least until the end. In fact, I disliked the first two-thirds of the books so much that I wondered how I was ever going to get through it. However, the last third of the book makes it worth it! I loved the last 100 pages or so.

This book started off good! I was so interested as someone who loves reality tv and thriller books. This book had me wanting to continue reading. However, the ending fell flat for me. It is not at all how I would have expected or even wanted this story to go. Honestly it had me rolling my eyes because of how off the ending was. I thought it could have done something much better with the way it began.

Great story with interesting and engaging characters. Who really is good, who is bad, who will survive the experience. This book keeps you invested until the very end.

Ruth Ware does it again! One Perfect Couple is about several couples being chosen for a new reality TV show on a brand new island resort. One by one, the contestants are disappearing or found dead, and the remaining survivors need to somehow live off of limited food and water while also trying to survive the things that are happening on the island. 4/5 stars, I thoroughly enjoyed this book!

Excellent mystery. I loved the premise and the surprises throughout. Great character building and plot development.

e-book ARC from Netgalley, all opinions are my own

This thriller was the PERFECT blend of reality island dating shows and locked room (locked island?) mystery! Ruth Ware is one of those authors that I automatically read when she releases a new title, and I loved the way she told this story so much! The back and forth of the narrative was a well written plot device, as well as the diary passages interspersed throughout the chapters. I don't want to give any spoilers, because the twist is delicious.

This was an insane ride! The story started like a bachelor-type reality show that went from sweet to insane in one night! There was a storm that happened one night and then BOOM! The love show turned into a show like Survivor! A daydream that turned into a nightmare overnight! I could not put this one down! I loved it!
Lyla is whisked off to a tropical paradise with her longtime boyfriend Nico. While everything seemed to be amazing at the beginning it slowly turned dark for the couple. Nico loses the game and is ultimately eliminated from the show then another couple is broken up because Lyla and the other boyfriend have to share a hut for the night part of the show to test compatibility and basically to test the people. Unfortunately that night there was a terrible storm that cut off their connection with the producers of the show. People were injured and then a couple were killed. So the remaining contestants must come together to survive and while everything seems to have a promising start things slowly start to turn sinister when another person dies and another male is coveting all the food and controlling all aspects of the chance of survival. Will they survive or will they all end up killing one another? You must pick up this novel to check it out! It will have you on the edge of your seat! Thank you Netgalley and Gallery Books for allowing me to read and review this one!

Ruth Ware is usually a superstar to me but this one... well it didn't quite fall flat, it had some substance, the problem was that it felt a little too derivative/standard? Like, i didn't expect it to completely erase all standards or anything, it just didn't have anything unique. Still, 3.5~3.75.

This was my first Ruth Ware book and it was just ok for me.

I disliked the characters and the men were sexist and it seemed like they were better than the women.

I was anxious and wanted to see how it ended so I did finish the book

Ruth Ware books are usually a hit for me, and this book joins that list. A great example of roles people often find themselves in society.

I wasn’t able to finish this before the publishing date which sucks because I was so excited to read this.

I enjoyed this and the writing style, and the story was compelling. I am very interested in reading this author’s future work and this was a very solid thriller. Would definitely recommend to others.

Enjoyed this one more than her last but still not my favorite of Ware's books. This is a locked roomed (island) mystery and a story of survival all in one. I did enjoy how everything connected at the end, giving it an extra star.

Special thanks to NetGalley for the advanced reader copy of this book. Ruth Ware is an author I typically jump at to read, but recently her books have fallen a little short and this one was no exception to that. The survival island books have been done over and over again and this one didn't offer anything new and exciting. I was really hoping for a big plot twist at the end to salvage the story, but there really wasn't one, so I was left unsatisfied. This one was just ok.

Ruth Ware is so hit or miss for me. I love some of her books, and really don't others. This was one of the ones I didn't love. It drug out way too long the more mundane part of the plot. Then went off the rails on this kind of reality thing but also not plot line? It didn't feel like a mystery or a thriller in my opinion.

More of a 3.5. I have enjoyed other Ruth Ware novels but this one fell short for me. There were plot holes and it lacked a twist that I like with thrillers. As the contestants were killed off one by one, the reader tends to lose track of them and a lot of assumptions are made without any backup. And then the story just kind ended.