Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

42 reviews

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

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

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

michelle_my_belle's review

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Terminal illness, Blood, Confinement, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cancer

phantomgecko's review

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

3.0

On one hand, the mystery was interesting, the thrilling bits intense, and the structure was fun. Having mixed media from the future opening each section was a nice choice for suspense building.

On the other hand, although realistic, alcoholic characters are boring to read. Congrats, half your problems are directly your fault, and I don't feel sorry for you at all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Murder, Death, Confinement, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Gun violence

franticfreya's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

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

larareads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Confinement, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide

underthetreereads's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

“I knew what it was like to be that girl — to realize in an instant, how incredibly fragile your hold on life could be, how paper-thin the walls of security really were.”

Lo is a travel journalist who gets the opportunity to advance her career by traveling on a luxury cruise’s maiden voyage. It quickly becomes a nightmare when she seemingly witnesses a murder in the middle of the night. Already suffering from the aftermath of being attacked in her own home, Lo must discover exactly what happened and how to make others believe her when there’s no evidence of a crime.

Lo is a delicate character. She’s suffering from chronic anxiety and depression, along with having just been attacked. She also seems to have a drinking problem. It altogether has proven her to be a very unreliable narrator, but she’s the only one we’ve got here.

First of all, what kind of journalist investigates a crime and doesn’t take any notes? She may have been a travel journalist, but she clearly stated she used to want to be an investigative reporter and that desire partially compelled her to continue her investigation on the ship. But there are literally no notes in sight, which is even worse as she’s knowingly putting herself in danger. 🤨

Anywho, 😮‍💨 this was unfortunately a very slow read for me. The primary drive pushing me to not DNF were the few passages set in the future which provided a more compelling mystery to me than the actual murder.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed it. But it took some pushing through first to get there.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Addiction, Cancer, Murder, and Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment