Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

27 reviews

tiffany8's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, and Alcohol

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

mmadill227's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

growintogardens's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I've read 2 other books by the author and loved them, but this one wasn't her best. I didn't like any characters, and Nora was not the smartest cookie. It was pretty easy to figure out the who/why of the mystery early on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

necessary_rotting's review against another edition

mysterious 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? No

2.5

2.5 - This book was fine. 
It is nothing I would discourage anyone from reading, but it isn't something I'd reach for when recommending to a friend. I didn't dislike reading it (although I found the main character insufferable), but it's not a story that will stick with me. 
As someone into thrillers and true crimes, it was a little too obvious. That being said, if you're looking for a quick read this isn't a bad choice. With this being ruth ware's first novel, I'll probably check out her other ones. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Outing

chris_reads's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

2.75

Entertaining, if a bit predictable. The lead feels willfully ignorant. 2.75 ✰ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Car accident, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Outing

belladonnashrike's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

okay this book was so damn good. I don’t know why it took me so long to pick it back up again, but i read a majority of it in one sitting - I couldn’t put it down!

reminded me a lot of of gillian flynn’s work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Police questioning

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Abortion, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

spooderman's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy