Reviews tagging 'Gore'

One by One by Ruth Ware

38 reviews

junefish's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement and Classism

Minor: Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, and Stalking

Skiing accidents

cold_boy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

Very well-constructed murder mystery in a fabulous setting. It feels heavily inspired by Agatha Christie, but still a fresh and compelling plot. If you opt for the audiobook, the narrator does an absolutely fantastic job, especially with her portrayals of Liz and Erin.
 
My only real complaint is that it felt like the story felt a bit lacking in depth. The core story is quite strong, but at the end of the day, it didn't seem the author had a lot to say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

georginathelibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

2.25

I figured out what had happened as soon as it happened, but it was pacey enough that it didn’t detract from wanting to finish it, I wanted to check I was correct.
A reasonably good thriller.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

growfromit's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

keeparas's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore and Blood

nja820's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Ware builds tension and develops characters so well. You care what happens to these people. The plot itself was just ok, but you stay for the well rounded characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Minor: Gore, Sexual assault, and Suicide

katieo156's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.75

Loved the setting and a few of the characters as well as the app- it was a fun idea that was fleshed out well. I didn't like the reveal- the killer's characterization took such a sharp turn from what it had been which felt lame, and the motivation ultimately didn't feel quite strong enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism

starsnotshadows's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Loved the suspense and I was falling for every red herring! I think I like a few other Ruth Ware novels better, so I ranked this one a smidgen lower just to reflect that. 

I just think the scenes following the Big Reveal felt a bit awkward and didn't really pull the ending together how I was expecting. Still great for the mystery and suspense though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Gore, and Sexual assault

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

elmcee's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore and Alcohol