Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

10 reviews

karaplum's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

kaylamoran's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I can't lie, I thought I figured it out, and I was wrong.  So that's a plus.  But this book was so repetitive.  I lost track of the number of times "it was too much" and Hannah "simply could not do it".  Just constant throughout the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Alcohol, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, and Sexual content

michaelawatkins's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

bessadams's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

vanesst's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Sexual content, Child death, and Drug use

theonlybaillie's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Murder, Rape, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Sexism, Vomit, Classism, and Emotional abuse

0ldoini's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Gun violence and Pregnancy

Minor: Eating disorder and Death of parent

librariangeorgia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Wow.

From the moment that I started this book, I found myself completely drawn in.

It follows Hannah in 2 time periods, the past and the present. Having alternate chapters really helped to tell this story, showing how the situation actually unfolded and then the aftermath.

To be honest, I did not actually see that reveal coming. There were so many twists through out but I stuck by my original theory of who the killer was. The obvious answer isn’t always so obvious…

I thoroughly enjoyed this and I highly recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Pregnancy, Stalking, Infidelity, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, and Drug use

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

 The narrator was amazing, and overall the story was good. But I knew who the killer was very early on. I didn't know how or the why, but I knew it. So I did like finding out the how and why, plus I thought the MC being pregnant at the time of the time when the story starts to be interesting, added an extra element. But overall just meh.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Murder, Alcohol, Medical content, Grief, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Murder, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Death of parent