Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

10 reviews

blueyogi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Gun violence

Minor: Infidelity, Suicide, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, and Pregnancy

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

Minor: Suicide

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

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: Murder, Death, Grief, Classism, and Pregnancy

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

funofme's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

This was such a weak story, lots of repetition of the same thoughts over and over. I really did not like the main character. The mystery was an enticing who-dun-it but there should have been a lot more meat on the bones. I like the structure of the ending & the before and after method of storytelling. I will always read ruth ware though because despite all of this, it was stilly a comfy read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Addiction

allielippe's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Addiction, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol, Classism, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

latashman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Stalking, Gun violence, Drug abuse, and Addiction

sleeson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I never thought I’d see the day I would give Ruth 5 stars!!! I gave it a shot bc duh…. Imogen Church is the best narrator. Ruth had me flip flopping all over with this mystery. Just when I thought I figured it out. This book was great! I liked the characters, the plot and the ending. Moderate swearing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Pregnancy, Cursing, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship

icieri's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Addiction, Grief, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Infidelity

kaylasbookgram's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

First I wanna say thank you to Ruth Ware, Gallery Books and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this ARC. This was my first Ruth Ware book and definitely not my last.

This story is about Hannah & April who meet as roommates freshmen year at college and instantly become best friends. When Hannah arrives home to find April murdered her whole world shattered into pieces. Years later the convicted murderer dies in prison but Hannah is left with some unsettling feelings especially after a reporter reaches out convinced that the killer may still be out there and Neville was wrongly convicted. 

Thoughts: I was pulled in by this academic thriller. It was a bit of a slow build and drawn out in a few spots. I was shocked when the “official killer” came to light because my thoughts were all pointing to someone else so I enjoyed the surprise and suspense of that. The characters are all relatively likable, although Hannah was a bit annoying with her obsession with April, especially as it came out that April wasn’t the greatest friend or person at times. All in all this was a good thriller that I’m giving 4 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Child death, Drug abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship