Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

One by One by Ruth Ware

9 reviews

dkamada's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

bessadams's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse and Alcohol

erkietheturkey's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

saliwali's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

lorenmarie7's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

why make the murderer one of the only two POVs that we get? Obviously she’s going to be important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

kalmed22's review against another edition

adventurous 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

2.5

Work group getting away to a ski chalet and then people start dying, an avalanche occurs, and things really go downhill (some literally).  This drug along and while the ending was satisfactory, it did not make up for pages of boring.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

parttimerarebookdealer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Grief

coolmombeck's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

Highly disappointed and here is why:
1.) The story mirrored Lucy Foley's The Hunting Party and bits of The Guest List, so much so, that it was almost like a regurgitated version of both.
2.) The characters were all ridiculous and they had first world problems that nobody, including the readers, cared about.
3.) The part about the owl and the killer were ridiculous and made me think a word count was trying to be achieved. 
4.) It would never end (see the word count comment in #3).
5.) Ware is better than this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual assault