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A review by onceuponahaybale
Zero Days by Ruth Ware
3.0
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this in exchange for an honest review.
Zero Days by Ruth Ware is about a woman named Jacintha (Jack) Cross who is on the run from the police after being accused of her husband's murder. Fans of the movie Fugitive will enjoy this, but I'll admit I was a little let down by this Ware release. I'm glad she's trying new things (we had a Gothic thriller from her, three tech-y thrillers, an Agatha Chrisite-esque snowed-in locked room thriller, a dark academia novel, and now this—an action-packed suspense novel), but its structure was too repetitive to be enjoyable. I found myself multiple times throughout the reading experience wishing for it to end. This one would make a better movie than book, as the plot and characters didn't suffer as much as the writing.
This ultimately got a 3 star instead of the 2 star I originally wanted to give it because I really did find myself liking the main character and rooting for her. I recommend going with the audiobook for this one over physically reading (Imogen Church would have gotten me through this much faster!)
Zero Days by Ruth Ware is about a woman named Jacintha (Jack) Cross who is on the run from the police after being accused of her husband's murder. Fans of the movie Fugitive will enjoy this, but I'll admit I was a little let down by this Ware release. I'm glad she's trying new things (we had a Gothic thriller from her, three tech-y thrillers, an Agatha Chrisite-esque snowed-in locked room thriller, a dark academia novel, and now this—an action-packed suspense novel), but its structure was too repetitive to be enjoyable. I found myself multiple times throughout the reading experience wishing for it to end. This one would make a better movie than book, as the plot and characters didn't suffer as much as the writing.
This ultimately got a 3 star instead of the 2 star I originally wanted to give it because I really did find myself liking the main character and rooting for her. I recommend going with the audiobook for this one over physically reading (Imogen Church would have gotten me through this much faster!)