Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

In A Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

74 reviews

boba_n_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I quite enjoyed this book! It kept me on my toes, and the twist paid off well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy

tiffany8's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Car accident, Gun violence, and Murder

hucksweet's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion

kellykat39's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Abortion

yeehawmcgee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A sharp, witty book full of punchy, unique dialogue that breathes life into a range of characters. Some of them you will love to hate, others you will hate to love. All of the characters are believable and their behavior makes sense for the story. Many thrillers fall into the trap of having characters act in illogical ways for the sake of protecting the plot twist, but Ruth Ware keeps her story watertight.
Ware rewards readers for paying attention to even the smallest pieces of dialogue when executing the twist, this is, however, a double-edged sword. If you have been paying close attention, the twist can be underwhelming.  Should you not be paying enough attention, the twist may seem rather random. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Abortion

mmadill227's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Gun violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abortion

mandi_buelow's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

The story did keep me guessing and wondering what was going to happen. It kept me engaged enough that I wanted to finish and find out what happened.
The only reason I’m rating it lower is because the characters are in their late twenties but throughout the book, they were very immature in their words and actions towards one another. It was just very high schoolish to me in some points and the way they acted at the “hen”. 
I can appreciate (since I’m 32) going out for a girl’s weekend and letting lose but some of the things they did just seemed juvenile especially Nora when she wouldn’t say no to doing something she didn’t want to do. I just feel at that age and having some life experience by that point that you should have enough self confidence to say no to things you aren’t comfortable doing. 

Overall it was okay. I’m not mad I read it and I did find the story entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Drug use

Minor: Abortion

jess_y's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion

growintogardens's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I've read 2 other books by the author and loved them, but this one wasn't her best. I didn't like any characters, and Nora was not the smartest cookie. It was pretty easy to figure out the who/why of the mystery early on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Car accident, Mental illness, Grief, Medical content, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Pregnancy, Blood, Violence, Abortion, Cursing, and Vomit

astareads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, and Ableism

Minor: Fatphobia