Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Zero Days by Ruth Ware

19 reviews

ohyeah_karyn's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Cursing, Pregnancy, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Death, Violence, Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Police brutality

bibliomania_express's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Grief, Blood, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy

eperetz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.25

The plot and characters were a fairly well balanced blend of compelling and horrifying. It’s Ware’s typical darkness, arguably turned up a few notches in some of the more harrowing moments. It’s a testament to her talent that she could write characters so well that I could hardly bear to read about their pain and heartbreak. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gaslighting and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Police brutality, Gun violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Infertility

zosiablue's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.0

This wasn't for me. It's for you if you want to read a walking simulator. A woman runs from the police for 95% of the book and I feel bad saying it, but it was real boring. It felt like Ware needed to write something Hollywood-viable so we got lady Jason Bourne without Matt Damon charm. I don't know! If you like heisty action movies, you'll like this! But I don't and didn't. I only go below three stars if I feel actively mad at a book and there's nothing to be mad at here, so three it is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Police brutality, Violence, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

2.75

    A woman suspected in the murder of her husband goes on the run and on a mission to find the real killer. 
    I honestly wouldn't have finished this book. But I got far enough into it before I realized how predictable it was, and it was easier to finish it than DNF. I knew who was behind everything pretty early on. The only thing I didn't know was the motive. I did like the epilogue. But overall, the book wasn't very good. It was on the worse side of okay. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicide, Police brutality, 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

kwarnimont's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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

2.75

This BREAKS MY HEART to rate a Ruth Ware below a 3, but this was just a miss for me. I didn't really care about Jack's plight; it was just a lot of sitting around being sad and in pain. Which I can feel for. But I'm used to lots of tense adventurous situations from Ware and this was not that. HOWEVER! Imogen Church ABSOLUTELY knocked the narration out of the park. I mean, she's (over) half the reason I read (listen to) Ware books in the first place, but she absolutely nailed Jack's monologues, voice, and pacing. I loved it. I know most people are just listening to audiobooks at 2x speed to get through them, but I absolutely LOVE Church's halting style. It makes it feel like I'M the character. I cannot say enough about her. It's just a shame the story wasn't as strong as her narration.

OF COURSE SHE NAMED THE DAMN BABY GABBY CAN WE BE AT LEAST A LITTLE CREATIVE COME ONE

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Police brutality, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy

bookworm247's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Pregnancy, and Police brutality

noogie's review

adventurous 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

she distrusts cops and then doesn’t get a lawyer

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Police brutality and Emotional abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse