Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

One by One by Ruth Ware

9 reviews

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

I thought this was an okay story. The beginning rundown of everyone at the company must work better in the physical book version than in the audiobook because I immediately forgot everyone. It would have made more sense to spread those little bios out over the first few chapters. It does feel like a lot of Ms. Ware's female characters hate themselves a whole bunch, which is a bummer.

---

Content Warnings

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

erkietheturkey's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

---

Content Warnings

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

lorenmarie7's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

3.0

why make the murderer one of the only two POVs that we get? Obviously she’s going to be important.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Murder, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

jenn_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I'd recommend the audiobook if you can manage it. Imogen Church is a  phenomenal narrator, and the climax of the action works SO WELL with the audio format.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Blood and Vomit

Avalanche (major), hypothermia (minor), frostbite (minor), death of a sibling (moderate), death of a partner (moderate)

beca_reads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

I am a fan of Ruth Ware's writing and this did not disappoint. This was a fast paced Thriller ( I ended up reading most of this in one day) that had me from the first page. We see a company called Snoop go to a ski chalet to discuss the potential buy out of the company. As always everyone has their secret's and isn't who they say they are. On the second day they go off to ski and one of them ends up dying. To begin with they think this is a fatal accident but then slowly one by one they start dying. It is a race against time to find out who is the killer, and the best bit is that they are all stuck together after an avalanche blocks them into their chalet. This makes for great tension. I think that if you are a fan of "and then there were none" by Agatha Christie or "the guest list" by Lucy Foley then your probably gone to like this. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Violence, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Alcohol, Body horror, Blood, Confinement, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

elenatamsen's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

2.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

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.

---

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

closelywatchedfilms's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

parttimerarebookdealer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Torture, and Violence