Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

18 reviews

doreyghc's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Drug use, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Gun violence

Minor: Vomit, Cancer, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Panic attacks/disorders

bleepbloop's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

boring. only one main suspect the entire time with no real compelling evidence for anyone else until the final act. the plot of the current timeline and the past timeline were both uninteresting. the main characters were all annoying and there was no character development.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Stalking, and Gaslighting

kelseyr713's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

Ruth Ware has done it again, crafting a compelling mystery with a main character I really felt for. Hannah is extremely likeable and sympathetic, and I understood her need to solve the mystery, even all these years later. I enjoyed the split timeline narrative and had a hard time putting this one down to go to sleep, especially towards the end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Murder, Child death, Infidelity, Stalking, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Drug use, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, and Sexual assault

kimveach's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug use, Grief, Stalking, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

undersea's review

slow-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

1.0

Ruth Ware is an instant buy for me. But holy cow this book is bad. It feels like someone’s first novel. Her characters are usually so real & have such depth but not this one. Everyone was annoying with truly bizarre motivations. The “twist” was easily guessed and the pace was entirely torturously slow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Gaslighting

allisonmaclaury's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Sexual assault

jackie_recommends's review

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Medical content, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Stalking, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts

uranaishi's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Murder, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Death of parent