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Synkän metsän siimeksessä by Ruth Ware

22 reviews

crabcake28's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

I knew Clare was a bitch from the very beginning.

Predictable but still enjoyable. I personally didn't like any of the characters including the lead which made it a little less enjoyable but the plot was interesting enough to keep me invested. I’m not going to lie, I didn’t really like the ambiguous ending. (Surprising because I usually like ambiguous endings) It made the ending feel almost rushed and unfinished. Still enjoyable altogether but far from Ruth Ware’s best. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical trauma, and Abortion

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

Not exactly deadnaming but the main character is repeated called the wrong name (Leonora is her name, called Lee many times even after being corrected and told she doesn’t like that name), Mentions of PTSD

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Tense, atmospheric, emotional. Loved the back and forth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is a very compelling locked-room murder mystery. I usually know whodunnit long before the end but this one kept me guessing right up to the reveal. I had trouble putting this one down. It’s not the heart-racing type of thriller story, but it definitely still gives you the creeps. The chapters were mostly short, the writing is decidedly British, and the plot was incredibly believable. I look forward to reading more of Ware’s work! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

aprilblues348's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sh543's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

kaiaconstantinides's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Suicide

chelly_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Honestly absolutely nothing was shocking and it was painfully obvious. With that being said I did enjoy this and like the atmosphere. It was interesting to see the relationship dynamics. I loved Nina she was honestly my favorite part of this book. It’s your newer to thrillers I would recommend this, but if your not and are looking for a big plot twist and not just a good time I wouldn’t recommend this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

yeehawmcgee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A sharp, witty book full of punchy, unique dialogue that breathes life into a range of characters. Some of them you will love to hate, others you will hate to love. All of the characters are believable and their behavior makes sense for the story. Many thrillers fall into the trap of having characters act in illogical ways for the sake of protecting the plot twist, but Ruth Ware keeps her story watertight.
Ware rewards readers for paying attention to even the smallest pieces of dialogue when executing the twist, this is, however, a double-edged sword. If you have been paying close attention, the twist can be underwhelming.  Should you not be paying enough attention, the twist may seem rather random. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Abortion

mandi_buelow's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

The story did keep me guessing and wondering what was going to happen. It kept me engaged enough that I wanted to finish and find out what happened.
The only reason I’m rating it lower is because the characters are in their late twenties but throughout the book, they were very immature in their words and actions towards one another. It was just very high schoolish to me in some points and the way they acted at the “hen”. 
I can appreciate (since I’m 32) going out for a girl’s weekend and letting lose but some of the things they did just seemed juvenile especially Nora when she wouldn’t say no to doing something she didn’t want to do. I just feel at that age and having some life experience by that point that you should have enough self confidence to say no to things you aren’t comfortable doing. 

Overall it was okay. I’m not mad I read it and I did find the story entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion