Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Zero Days by Ruth Ware

37 reviews

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

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

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

booksandbujos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was another good Ruth Ware mystery thriller. I loved the stakes and the running. I feel like I really got to know Jack and Gabe’s live story and am heartbroken over everything. I guessed the person responsible early on as we had a very small cast of characters, but it felt earned and not super obvious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content and Domestic abuse

hannahholmgren's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Domestic abuse

mdavis26's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, and Vomit

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Medical content, Domestic abuse, and Police brutality