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In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

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katiearcher's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.25

In a Dark Dark Wood is a thriller novel set in England. Nora is invited to a bachelorette weekend for her former best friend. Despite not having spoken to her for over a decade, Nora decides to go for old times’ sake. Surprise, surprise, it’s a mistake!

This story took forever to get going. I did not even begin liking this book until 45% in. A major reason for this is there are zero likable characters. Even our main character is dull as shit. Once something finally happens the story picks up from there and the second half did a much better job at holding my attention.

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storystruck's review

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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jordynjohnson's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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

3.0

I really wanted to love this book but I found that it kind of dragged and the twists were quite predictable. I still enjoyed it but I didn’t love it.

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chelshopkins's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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kaiaconstantinides's review

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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thenovelmaura's review

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dark mysterious 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

2.0

After disliking The Woman in Cabin 10 and enjoying The Death of Mrs. Westaway, I gave Ruth Ware one last chance to impress me with her debut novel (although I'm sure I'll end up reading one of her other books in my lifetime). While I liked the premise of a murder at a bachelorette party, the first half of the book was dull and uneventful. It wasn't that interesting to read a bunch of sniping between the attendees in a glass house for 150 pages, and the flashforwards were slow and vague. It was also hard to get past the fact that Nora was hung up on her high school boyfriend of six months for an entire decade, and that she would be willing to attend the bachelorette party of someone she hadn't spoken to in just as long.

Things picked up in a way that was more enthralling (albeit predictable) towards the end but I couldn't forgive and forget the slow beginning. And all the descriptions of Nina made me uncomfortable; stop calling her an "Amazon" because she's tall and brown!

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starsnotshadows's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

Not my favorite from Ruth Ware. I think this is her first, so that makes sense. It was definitely a page-turner, but none of the characters were compelling.

This book should be renamed "An extended explanation of Chekov's gun"

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