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A review by lauren_shoe
Zero Days by Ruth Ware
4.0
Thank you to Simon and Schuster and Scout Press for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.
This thriller is classic Ruth Ware that kept me needing to read the next chapter and staying up later than I wanted to. I would’ve finished it more quickly if life didn’t get in the way.
The marketing materials suggest it reads like The Fugitive, and that’s an apt comparison. You’re rooting for Jack as the odds are stacked high against her, and even if I didn’t always understand the tech in every part of the plot, the suspense created enough inertia that I didn’t question it. Ware doesn’t waste space explaining it, and I was happy with that.
I think it’s clear by a third to halfway through the book who is responsible for Gabe’s death, so this isn’t a twisty Ware thriller as much as it’s a race against the clock and location surveillance tech, and it works—I needed to know if Jack could clear her name and how.
The end feels a little soapy, and I won’t spoil it, but I think Ware’s primary audience will either eat it up or roll their eyes a little but ultimately enjoy it. I know I did the latter! I think fans of the woman-centered, sometimes twisty thriller will love this.
This thriller is classic Ruth Ware that kept me needing to read the next chapter and staying up later than I wanted to. I would’ve finished it more quickly if life didn’t get in the way.
The marketing materials suggest it reads like The Fugitive, and that’s an apt comparison. You’re rooting for Jack as the odds are stacked high against her, and even if I didn’t always understand the tech in every part of the plot, the suspense created enough inertia that I didn’t question it. Ware doesn’t waste space explaining it, and I was happy with that.
I think it’s clear by a third to halfway through the book who is responsible for Gabe’s death, so this isn’t a twisty Ware thriller as much as it’s a race against the clock and location surveillance tech, and it works—I needed to know if Jack could clear her name and how.
The end feels a little soapy, and I won’t spoil it, but I think Ware’s primary audience will either eat it up or roll their eyes a little but ultimately enjoy it. I know I did the latter! I think fans of the woman-centered, sometimes twisty thriller will love this.