Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Zero Days by Ruth Ware

5 reviews

tamara_joy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Medical content, Vomit, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Police brutality

Minor: Alcohol, Gun violence, and Death of parent

lpdx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Blood, Grief, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Medical content, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy, Car accident, Alcohol, and Vomit

haveyouseencass's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Cursing, Police brutality, Alcohol, Gore, Violence, and Vomit

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense medium-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

3.0

I think at this point, I have read all of Ms. Ware's books, which is silly because she is just not my jam! I also realized in this book that I do not like a fugitive story because I just want everyone to sit still for 5 seconds, so I can psychoanalyze them. The pace of the book was pretty fast, but there were also dragging bits about grieving, which slowed things down. The beginning was much too Mr.-and-Mrs.-Smith-rosy-perfect-flirting, which felt really unrealistic. Just not my thing. Also all of the tech speak kind of felt like it was googled and then shoehorned in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content, Infidelity, Alcohol, Infertility, Eating disorder, and Pregnancy

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Self harm, Sexual content, Gun violence, Drug use, Car accident, Dementia, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Stalking, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Death of parent