Reviews tagging 'Death'

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

86 reviews

growintogardens's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Too much pregnancy, not enough mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide

leannanecdote's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Eating disorder

ameliaflint's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

This was meh for me. I feel like April’s character had much more opportunity but it wasn’t explored, as well as Hannah’s guilt. Emotional reaction to events was glossed over for theatrics. Which some people love, and it is a thriller, but I didn’t like it. It was entertaining and easy/fun to read, though. I love Ruth Ware, but this one wasn’t a hit for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Toxic friendship

hannahdial1's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Pregnancy

bulbasaurcowboy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Definitely full of twists and turns. A really good whodunit thriller that has a great medium pace throughout. Full of complex characters who come from different class backgrounds to meet at Oxford. The main character is a newcomer to the area and through her roommate blends into this new group full of historh and secrets that lead to tragic consequences. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

karaplum's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

kaylamoran's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

I can't lie, I thought I figured it out, and I was wrong.  So that's a plus.  But this book was so repetitive.  I lost track of the number of times "it was too much" and Hannah "simply could not do it".  Just constant throughout the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

michaelawatkins's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

sofiam19's review against another edition

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? No

3.75

Husband got me this book. Enjoyed the writing and tense feel throughout. It was slightly predictable and a couple of unanswered questions 

Will was very sus… why was he laughing and treating Hannah like that? I get the misdirection but come on, why are you chasing after your pregnant wife? We never address that after it happened. Hannah goes back to her rose-colored glasses with her relationship.

… but not a bad page-turner! May have to check some of Ware’s other books out!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Drug use and Blood

littlealderman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail