Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

18 reviews

allielippe's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

katymat18's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This one felt eerily similar to In My Dreams I Hold a Knife plot-wise, and while I gave that one 5 stars there was something missing in The It Girl for me. I pretty much love everything Ruth Ware writes, but this book just felt super slow to me and the motive felt a bit weak. The ending is really where this story struck gold - I had my suspicions and was super thrilled to be proven right! However the amount of times Ware and our narrator made me question so many characters got a little irritating. In the end another solid who-done-it mystery by Ware, I did enjoy it despite some misgivings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, and Medical content

doreyghc's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol

shereadsmysteries's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Blood, and Medical trauma

Stroke, Pregnancy Assault

raphynette's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

 The narrator was amazing, and overall the story was good. But I knew who the killer was very early on. I didn't know how or the why, but I knew it. So I did like finding out the how and why, plus I thought the MC being pregnant at the time of the time when the story starts to be interesting, added an extra element. But overall just meh.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use and Blood

Minor: Death of parent

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Pregnancy

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent