Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Zero Days by Ruth Ware

55 reviews

peakoldladylife's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse

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

thatswhatkatread's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Another unique thriller by Ruth Ware! I loved the premise of “pen-testing” and I learned so much about it through Jack’s experiences through the book. I enjoyed the high-stakes and the lengths Jack had to go to undercover who was responsible for her husbands murder. While I knew who was responsible about 40% in, I still enjoyed the journey. I will say Jack’s decisions did not always make sense, but sometimes that is part of the fun of these thrillers. This continues to cement my love of Ruth Ware.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder

brichneyfloss's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

emory's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

This book couldn't figure out if it was trying to be a murder mystery or a suspenseful action novel, and it failed spectacularly at both objectives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

cyberelk11's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Grief

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Read in one sitting. Read it all night. Usually am at least a little bored by Ruth Ware, but this one kept my interest the whole time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Gaslighting, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

midknytowl's review

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gore, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Vomit, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Stalking

greatexpectations77's review

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

arthur_pendrgn's review

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

2.5

More about plot than character. The bad guy is easy to figure out--and done far earlier than Jack does. It drags in places and the wound seemed pointless as she faced many other obstacles and the behavior by the police would have put her in hospital, anyway. That kind of illness? I didn't buy her running around like she was.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Stalking and Domestic abuse