Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

66 reviews

adelinebal4's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Confinement, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cancer, Physical abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Classism, and Emotional abuse

katelynprice's review

adventurous mysterious tense

4.0

Excellent ending. I love Lo’s tenacity and the feminism. It was clear without feeling too heavy-handed. This is a solid book that makes me want to read more from Ruth Ware. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Infidelity, Alcohol, Confinement, Blood, Sexual harassment, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Cancer and Panic attacks/disorders

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Blood, Alcohol, Gore, Classism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Moderate: Violence, Terminal illness, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Grief and Vomit

liter_aly's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Gun violence, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

simplymemle's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Ruth Ware’s books are thrilling in a low-impact way, for me. I don’t have to care about the characters and I might even figure out the ending, but I’ll still enjoy figuring out how we get there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Cancer

leckner_library's review

mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Cancer, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

twistykris's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement

Moderate: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Cancer

Minor: Suicide, Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Vomit

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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? No

3.0

I wanted to see what happened at the end of this one, but I had a hard time getting into it. It felt too long, but the beginning also felt too quick; the action started before I could get to know Lo as a character, so I never really developed sympathy or a connection to her. I also felt like she was kind of terrible at common sense and any sort of decision-making. Weird stuff going on? Better drink a whole bunch. Saw a weird thing? Better harass everyone about it until they're positive that you're unstable. Important object? Better just leave it lying around for housekeeping to throw out. She was almost too annoying to root for. Also what the living hell was that

whole assault scene

that was brushed off like nothing?? That was not okay! Knocking my rating down another quarter point for that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Death, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Grief

hmstumfoll's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Cancer

boba_n_books's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.25

I would not consider this Ruth Ware’s best work. It was a fine story with a predictable ending. However, it took me forever to get into. I had to keep coming back to it, and I just wasn’t engaged until about 50% of the way through, which I think is too long to finally gain my attention. 

Overall, it was a decently enjoyable read, but not something I’ll come back to or highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cancer, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, and Suicide