Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Igra laži by Ruth Ware

15 reviews

carrietherose's review against another edition

3.25

dark 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

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I normally really like Ruth Ware and I didn't "dislike" this book but I did think it was longer than it needed to be, I guessed the ending about half way through, and there were plot holes in the end. I know this is one of her earlier books so I think I just expected more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse

meazie's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A bit slower to get going but I really enjoyed the connection between the girls. It felt like their friendship was real and intricate. Not much of a big twist but an enjoyable read overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Incest, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Self harm, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Alcohol

wordsnworkouts's review against another edition

2.0

dark slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity

larareads's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse

erinnnn's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A pulpy, seaside I Know What You Did Last Summer that may be a bit too long to be a satisfying beach read. While I would normally dislike spending so much time on details and relationships unrelated to the plot, I didn’t mind it much here because I thoroughly enjoyed Isa and her colorful friend group. They are by far my favorite characters in any of Ware's books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Suicide, Blood, Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Dysphoria

ksilvio's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse

bessadams's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was an interesting story, but I felt like the ending was a little unsatisfying. The very, very ending I appreciated, but it's just a bummer to get sucked into a story expecting a good payoff, and then not getting it. Also! I am really wondering if there was a Muslim sensitivity reader for the part of Fatima. Parts just didn't seem nuanced. Also, Fatima and her family were named the first names that come up when you search "common Muslim names" on Google, which I did to verify. There may be a reading of this that says that since Kate is the main POV that we're getting, the book is written as a white person's view of Islamic practices, since it's Kate's view. But that also feels like a blah reason. Like this whole "you cover your hair now and that makes you a whole different person" thing is like... but what if we didn't?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Suicide, Murder, Sexual harassment

Minor: Medical content

The MC talks quite a lot about her young baby, and that might be not excellent for anyone going through a time where they don't want to read lots of worshipful language about babies.

avidreader8725's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual content

mlbreton's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really did like this book overall. It was a fun read and I kept trying to guess the outcome and kept getting it wrong! 

I did have some issues with the book, but mostly with the characters and what the author was trying to make us feel about them. For example,

I found Isa awful. I thought it was so cruel of her the way she treated her husband and being so offended that he thought he was cheating, but she was being so distant and not communicating with him AT ALL so I think it's natural his head went where it did! And we're we supposed to LIKE Ambrose, the father/artist that drew his daughter and teenage friends NAKED?! I don't care how much the main girls said it "wasn't like that", it's creepy as hell and SO inappropriate. Lastly, with Kate and Luc, we're we supposed to be rooting for them at the end? Or find it romantic that she wanted to sacrifice her life and freedom for her brother she was SEXUALLY INVOLVED WITH?!? I did not get that at all and couldn't get past that weird family dynamic to find any of them likeable.

Overall, the book kept me engaged but I did find it disappointing that it ended on

another lie

instead of having the characters grow from that

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Incest, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury