Jayme's Reviews > One by One

3.5 rounded up!

Snoop is a break-out, tech start up on the verge of an IPO (initial public offering) or a buy out..depending on which founding Shareholder you ask.

A music APP that let’s you “snoop” on your favorite celebrities by listening to the same music that they are listening to, at the same time-“like sharing ear buds-one for you and one for me”...

You choose who to “snoop on” and other subscribers can choose to “snoop” on you..

FIVE SHAREHOLDERS and FIVE EMPLOYEES from SNOOP are traveling to a ski chalet in the FRENCH ALPs, to discuss the future of the company.

Topher and his best friend, Elliott (2 of the Shareholders) want to go public.

Eva (Topher’s ex girlfriend) and Rik, (2 of the other Shareholders) want the buy-out.

The wild card is Liz-the fifth Shareholder.
She will cast the deciding vote.
But which two, will she be siding with?

Told from the alternating perspectives of Erin, the chalet hostess and Liz, the wild card Shareholder, the story unfolds as guests are eliminated ONE BY ONE.

With twelve characters, I found the cast, their role in SNOOP, and which side they aligned with to be mind boggling in the beginning.

I though I needed to make a chart-but really, you only need to remember who the shareholders are.

I rarely have a problem remembering large casts of characters but, in this case, only the two protagonists, were well developed, so I HAD to distinguish the others by their role in SNOOP.

Would it be important to understand the hierarchy within the company, and who each employee aligned with? Not really, but I couldn’t know that starting out.

Also, each chapter started with the # of Snoopers and Snoopscribers the narrator had. Should I be paying attention to that?

A lot to work out.
Too much.
As most of it did not matter when all was said and done. 🤦🏻‍♀️

By the 50% point, there seemed to be only one possible “killer”!

Perhaps it was meant to be more of a “WHYdunnit-than a WHOdunnit..?

Or, perhaps, I just missed my calling? 🕵️‍♀️😊

But then again, I did NOT correctly guess all of the VICTIMS-so maybe not!!

Turn of the Key, remains my favorite by Ruth Ware.
But, I enjoyed playing detective in this one.

Thank You to Scout Press for the digital ARC received though Edelweiss in exchange for a candid review!

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