Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

25 reviews

minimicropup's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

Omg, the struggle for me to remember the characters for the first half or so of the book… they didn’t even have similar names it was mostly that there were a lot and they didn’t have roles so much as a few lines here and there throughout. I kept forgetting who was the photographer, who was the investor, and who was the owner of the boat! The flipping between using a character’s first name, then calling them by their last name later didn’t help (and wasn’t driven by familiarity etc., just seemed random flip flopping between how they are referred to). Eventually I caught on as certain characters had more of a role or interaction. I felt the book was interesting yet I was kind of looking forward to the audio book being done, which is why I rated it 3. It dragged on at parts (multiple escapes, confinement bits, tons of detail and repetition about what Lo is thinking). Narration by Imogen Church was well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Confinement

Moderate: Cancer, Murder, Violence, and Terminal illness

Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit

sadgirlsidney's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 I fucking loved this book.

The premise sounds benign and a bit boring but it sucked me in and had me absolutely enthralled. So much guessing, so much wondering, I loved every second of it. Lo is such a fun character to follow, she’s realistically flawed and a bit of a mess because of it but we love her anyway. There’s a decent sized cast of characters that were thankfully not just forgettable blank faces, which I find tends to be an issue with novels such as this. I overall really enjoyed it, the ending was a TOUCH rushed but overall it was fantastic. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Cancer

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual assault

dylpickles's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Murder, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Classism, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

mangofraiche's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Terminal illness, Violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

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

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

elsa_clare's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Murder, Terminal illness, and Stalking

irenemarie's review

dark emotional 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

3.5

I really don't get the harsh reviews for this one. Perhaps because I have not read Ware's other novels? That while I can dislike characters, I can become entranced by a good thriller? Either way, I consumed this in one sitting. My heart racing and eager to discover the conclusion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Mental illness, Murder, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

jenny_wren's review against another edition

adventurous 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

Laura, known as Lo, has her flat burgled just prior to a work trip abroad a luxury yacht. The trauma from the break in and confrontation with the burglar has left her anxious and scared. On her first night aboard she borrows a mascara from the woman in cabin 10. That night she hears a splash and a scream and sees blood on the window of the balcony window of cabin 10. Laura's sanity is called into question as she insists someone fell or was pushed overboard but no one from the ship is missing. Laura does some investigating of her own but soon finds there is more going on than she could have imagined. 

I've wanted to read this book for ages but I really struggled to like it. I think I've read one too many books lately where an intelligent professional woman is treated like an idiot by everyone around her... and then behaves like one herself. The end of this book was unbelievable... it wasn't believable. At all. Although I appreciate this is a work of fiction, I just didn't feel it was credible at all. Overall it was OK but I was hoping for better. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Cancer

Minor: Alcohol

bookish_venus's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The first half was kind of boring and slow paced but the second half was eventful and and fast. Initially I find the characters not likeable and sometimes very irritating but soon it’s turns into interesting and eventful and the fact the whole story happens in a cruise is adding to the effect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Torture, Terminal illness, Murder, and Infidelity