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greatexpectations77's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Confinement, Bullying, Alcohol, Grief, Abandonment, Death, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Blood
Minor: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
starsnotshadows's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I just think the scenes following the Big Reveal felt a bit awkward and didn't really pull the ending together how I was expecting. Still great for the mystery and suspense though!
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Murder
Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual assault, Death, and Gore
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
erkietheturkey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Mental illness, Murder, Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, Violence, and Medical content
Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Drug use
julienicole1106's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Confinement, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
macyh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Medical trauma, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death
Moderate: Sexual harassment
morganperks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Sexual assault, Grief, Confinement, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Pedophilia, and Drug use
Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Body shaming, and Suicide
birdbrainbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Grief
patricia_epub's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I also enjoyed the back-and-forth POVs between Erin, the chalet worker, and Liz, the oddball in the group of guests. I knew there was a reason why they were chosen as the "eyes" of the story and I am quite proud to say that I pieced that together early in the story. I loved the epistolary-like sections at the start of each chapter, which ultimately showed me the author's hand long before she was ready to give the readers the twist. Despite this, I am happy that knowing the identity of the killer did not put a damper on my enjoyment of the remaining 70% of the book.
I have my reservations with the fleshing out of some of the minor characters, who felt at times like caricatures with their brief comments or opinions. But considering how short their 3-day interaction was (not to mention the tragedies they faced on after the other), I think it's easy to get over with and just enjoy the ride. They were all definitely archetypes, as I had suspected right from the beginning, which did not give me much expectation in the character development area. My biggest issue was how some parts felt a bit draggy or even unnecessary. When I realized the entire ordeal only happened within 3 days, I was shocked because it felt like they've been in the cabin for a week at least.
The ending for the "villain" felt a bit anticlimactic for all that build-up, though. But I do appreciate Ruth Ware's attempt at parallel imagery. I would say that despite the twists and turns of the plot, the ending definitely cemented to me that this was a character-driven story. Overall, it was a good story and an equally-as-good execution.
Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
Minor: Stalking, Vomit, Sexism, and Misogyny
xx_coco's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
The first half of this book was painfully slow, and the multiple points of view didn't work to further the plot until the last half of the story. For the most part, it was just little snippets of what everyone was thinking about the drama of a potential merger until after the avalanche happens. It felt like it served mostly as an introduction to all of the characters so we have an idea of them before the conclusion of the novel, when those individual points of view actually matter in relation to the mystery. Most of the characters were pretty insufferable, with the exception of Erin and Danny, who were the only two not involved with Snoop.
It was pretty easy to work out the "who" in this book fairly early on, but the motivation for the murders comes much later during the extremely tense last quarter of the story when all of the pieces fall into place. The feelings of isolation do a lot of work to create a fearful and anxious atmosphere where anyone would feel a bit helpless. The last bit of this book redeemed quite a few of its earlier flaws, this is when the multiple points of view really works for this book and creates tension you could cut with a knife.
I'm not sure diving further into each of the individual characters would have fixed the issues I had with this one. It may have helped create some ambiguity so the killer wasn't as obvious so soon though. It's more of a personal comment, not an objective one, but the idea of Snoop did annoy me and the follower counts for each POV change was repetitive. Overall, I enjoyed this read well enough and it's a good atmospheric choice for the colder months.
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Sexual assault
Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders
daralexandria's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death and Medical trauma
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders