Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Zero Days by Ruth Ware

19 reviews

boba_n_books's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

This is probably my favorite Ruth Ware book thus far.

Zero Days is a thrilling novel following pen tester Jack who is trying to figure out who murdered her husband. However, that becomes much more difficult when she’s the police’s number one suspect. Jack goes on the run and uses her pen testing skills to prove who wanted her husband dead and why. 

I really enjoyed Jack’s character and the digital aspect of this novel. It goes to show that we are constantly being monitored and to never trust any software or devices we use because there are always people out there wanting to take advantage of you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

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

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Death of parent

meganrae047's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Medical content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Death of parent

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

drraytay's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy

cayleybp's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide