Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

52 reviews

latashman's review

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

amberjackonski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

katymat18's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This one felt eerily similar to In My Dreams I Hold a Knife plot-wise, and while I gave that one 5 stars there was something missing in The It Girl for me. I pretty much love everything Ruth Ware writes, but this book just felt super slow to me and the motive felt a bit weak. The ending is really where this story struck gold - I had my suspicions and was super thrilled to be proven right! However the amount of times Ware and our narrator made me question so many characters got a little irritating. In the end another solid who-done-it mystery by Ware, I did enjoy it despite some misgivings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Gun violence, Medical content, Blood, and Death

jakobmarleymommy's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Murder

katdjz's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Murder and Death

Minor: Gun violence

katharina90's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Below average thriller with a whole host of unlikeable characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Drug use, Murder, and Stalking

Minor: Classism

mouwuol's review

dark mysterious reflective tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Child death, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Classism, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Murder, Blood, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, and Death

jenn_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence

Strangulation

sparetimebibliophile's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.5

This was a great read! I finished it in less than a day! The action never stopped and I loved the dual timelines that really connected with each other. The character development was great and the ENDING! The twist was a bit predictable (at least for me) but I still enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Pregnancy

Moderate: Medical content and Stalking

Minor: Drug use and Gun violence

littlehibou7's review

emotional mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence