Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

One by One by Ruth Ware

11 reviews

maddlecat's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Suicide

nja820's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Ware builds tension and develops characters so well. You care what happens to these people. The plot itself was just ok, but you stay for the well rounded characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Minor: Gore, Sexual assault, and Suicide

kimberly19's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I discovered Ruh Ware by listening to the podcast All About Agatha. She was promoting her latest book. Her respect for Dame Christie is shown by her use of certain devices. For example, the exact phrase used by a murder victim when she realizes something she saw is similar to Murder is Announced. The concept of the book - a group of people cut off from society being murdered One By One is similar to the setup of "Then there were None"

But this is not a victorian era mystery. Set in the Swiss Alps all but 2 characters are the employees/former employees of a Tech Start-Up. One on the verge of a buyout or going public. The two founders are battling for control. Then one founder goes missing while skiing followed quickly by the chalet being hit by an avalanche. As murders follow and secrets are spilled the tension spirals. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicide

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

timbookshelf's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault

julienicole1106's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

suneaters's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A great mystery story. The ending was really tense.

The ending where Erin and her friend Danny are hiding out and trying to skii away from Liz had me on the edge of my seat! The devolving relationships between Elliot, Topher, Rik, Liz, and Eva over what to do with their company was so interesting. The second Elliot dies is when everything goes to shit for them. I had my suspicions about who it was, but didn't expect Liz, but then again, none of them did!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Suicide

madarauchiha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Content warnings
minor david bowie, death, gambling, 

medium unsanitary, misogyny, sexual harassment 

major child abuse, murder, suicide, bullying, sexual violence, injuries , gore, stalking / paranoia?, alcohol, death, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Suicide, Bullying, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Stalking, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death

morganperks's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

marlireads's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Entertaining, but not great. I predicted the whodunnit within the first few chapters and the big cast of characters we don’t really get to know. They were just kind of surface level and faceless. So I feel like this story had so much more potential that it didn’t make happen, which is a shame to be quite honest.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Suicide