Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

21 reviews

mzola9's review

slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Murder, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Ableism, and Vomit

There is a fairly detailed description of a home invasion. I would say it is more detailed than the descriptions of murder and the trauma that it causes is a central focus of the book.

jamelchior's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

colleenmdavis's review

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Violence

azzab's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.0

Second book read by this author. It was well written but I just couldn't connect with the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Alcohol, and Cancer

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

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

e1eanorgrace's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

Exactly what I want in a page-turning thriller, enjoyed the writing style and the first person narrative. I totally bought in and felt the stress of the protagonist as tensions rose. That being said, there are plot points that are unrealistically convenient,  I personally didn’t find them glaring however. Nice and tidy ending too which some people may not love but I was satisfied with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide and Sexual harassment

babudarabu's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Kidnapping, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

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