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Zero Days by Ruth Ware

51 reviews

passionatereader78's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

This book hit the ground running! It was action pact from the beginning.  I enjoyed this thriller! It was fast pace. No big surprises or twist. Lots of tension. Perfect for a tv movie. Jack and Gabe run a security company.  Jack breaks in and Gabe runs the cyber systems. When Jack is arrested during a mission.  She  can't reach Gabe or the client. She gets the client to finally straighten everything out and is released. When she gets home she finds Gabe with his throat cut. Even worse the police think she did it. Jack goes on the run to find Gabe's killer and clear her name.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical trauma, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Confinement, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

bessadams's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts

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

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

lizpayne's review

dark emotional tense medium-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

Minor: Death and Domestic 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

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

jennabeck13's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Zero Days by Ruth Ware

⭐️⭐️ (2/5) 

Genre: Thriller 

About 355 pages

Jack knows her way around security systems better than the average person. She works with her husband, Gabe, to do pen testing. Gabe runs the cyber security tests while Jack tests the on-site/physical security. After what appears to be a normal test, Jack returns home to find her husband dead. She is obviously distressed and determined to find her husband’s killer. But the only person the police are looking at is her. In an effort to prove her innocence and find her husband’s killer, she goes on the run. Not only does she need to evade the police but she must deal with betrayals as she finds out who she can trust. 

Starting positive, Ruth Ware’s writing style never fails to hook me. Her books are always fast-paced and hard to put down. While that was true for this book, Ware made it too easy to find out who was responsible for Gabe’s murder VERY early in this book. I was still engaged through the end since Jack’s journey evading the police did have some exciting scenes. However, this one just missed the mark for me 😕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Medical trauma, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide and Toxic relationship