Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

23 reviews

hannahhicken's review

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Physical abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Cancer, and Suicide

tristinrose's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Cancer, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicide, Gaslighting, and Torture

Minor: Eating disorder

phantasmaboo'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

3.0

The Woman in Cabin 10 follows journalist a journalist named Lo as she investigates the disappearance of a woman in the cabin next to her; a woman that no one else remembers seeing. 

Overall, I love the premise of the book, but I do wish that Lo had a bit more agency in the story than she was given. It seemed as if many things happened to her rather than because of her. 

Another issue I had was the pacing. While I think it was overall okay, the beginning and end of the book seemed to drag on forever. That’s not to say that there’s no payoff for that (particularly for the end), but it just seemed long. The beginning narrative, however, really only seems to set up Lo as an unreliable narrator and is barely mentioned other than to cast doubt on her story. I found this to be unnecessary, as it wasn’t built in enough for me to believe that Lo was an unreliable narrator. 

Another thing I will mention was that the author uses some fatphobic language and seems to glamorize “skinny” characters. It’s not something that ruined the book for me, but it was present throughout. 

Still, it was an enjoyable read and I couldn’t stop reading once I got to the last 20% of the book or so. I would recommend it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder and Suicide

Minor: Fatphobia

headachesince03's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gore

smlima1992's review

challenging dark reflective 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide and Violence

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Alcohol, Ableism, and Blood

Minor: Suicide and Classism

voxelbee's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Cancer

Minor: Drug use, Body shaming, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Gun violence, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Vomit, Suicide, Medical content, and Blood

royalraspberry's review

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? It's complicated

2.75

This one really took quite a bit of effort to make it through - the pacing was just... not my style. I think the experience would have been much more enjoyable if I had liked the main character but almost right from the start she just rubbed me wrong, and I found myself wanting to stop listening within the first couple chapters aboard the boat.  The plot is pretty interesting, but it was hard to engage with and keep up the interest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide

alli_the_bookaholic13's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse

katymat18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Cancer and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide