Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

One by One by Ruth Ware

10 reviews

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

podanotherjessi's review against another edition

tense slow-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

2.75

There really wasn't much in this book I liked. It used a lot of tropes I don't enjoy

unreliable narrator, villainous monologue

and one that I think is actively harmful

the murderer was just traumatized/was neurodivergent!

. The pace of the plot was so incredibly slow; the mystery doesn't even start until nearly halfway through, and up until then it was just corporate squabling. The murderer gets revealed and then the book keeps going on forever! Not to mention the shallow characters and the repetition of the phrase "one by one" just so we know exactly where the title came from.

As an additional note, I tried reading this physically along with the audiobook, and the changes between the two made it nearly impossible. Whole phrases were deleted or added by the audio.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Murder

macyh's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment

morganperks's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Grief

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Suicide

bridgetlynette's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Medical trauma

closelywatchedfilms's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Medical trauma

rachelreadthese's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Bullying and Incest

kelsireads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia

daralexandria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical trauma

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

readerette's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Definitely felt I was being bashed over the head with the details as the plot unfolded. If you're not interested in software development or startups this may not be the book for you, as a great deal of the book goes into the app this group of people support and the politics around it. I did not enjoy the "hints" that got dropped about who the killer ended up being; it was very obvious. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Medical trauma

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, and Cursing