Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Night – Nacht der Angst by Riley Sager

75 reviews

rat_girly's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

I found the plot somehow both outrageous and somewhat predictable, but it was a tense and enjoyable read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

sohare1981's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

klaratogsverdj's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

3.75

This is by no means the best book I’ve ever read, but boy, was I entertained! I read it in a single day because I simply couldn’t put it down. A quick and fun (though dark) read which will keep you on your toes, even if the book has some flaws.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

gwenswoons's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

1.75

Christ. I’m on a bit of a roll picking a handful of awful audiobooks. This is slow, repetitive, and trite, aside from being sexist and body-gory for fun (I guess??) rather than any plot or structural reasons. I thought it was kind of run-of-the-mill bad for most of the book and then the ending was so cutesy and pasted on - like putting rom-com lipstick on a garbage-book pig. Truly not good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

brisievenpiper's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

astoriareader'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

2.0

SYNOPSIS

• It is 1991. Charlie is a college student. Her friend, Maddy, was murdered, and Charlie is having a rough time processing her friend’s death. Charlie decides she needs to withdraw from school & return home.
• Since Charlie doesn’t have a car, she posts her information on a “ride board” at school, indicating she is looking for a ride back to Ohio. A handsome man offers to give her a ride, and she decides it’s a great idea.

MY THOUGHTS

• Ughhh, Riley! Please stop writing women protagonists. 
• Even women who haven’t recently had a friend murdered do not navigate the world like Charlie does. Oh, it wasn’t just having a friend recently murdered BTW – her campus has someone they’ve affectionately nicknamed “the Campus Killer”, as he preys on young women & murders them. So, obviously, the best place to find a ride is said campus from a stranger.
• I didn’t like how Sager wrote about Charlie’s delusions. They were not relatable as well because it felt completely made up & not science=based. She “sees” movies in her mind, and she has a hard time differentiating between what a movie is in her mind versus real life.
• None of the characters are very deep. They simply lack development.
• Everything felt really artificial, and this is Sager’s weakest one yet.
• Not a satisfying ending.

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️yikes, unrealistically written woman protagonist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer

marissa_nancy_nicole's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, and Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

radeeyah's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness

meagalou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

kerrymwhite's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

very solid thriller. timeline takes place over one night,  a few different view points. very twisty - some insane, some shocking. definitely recommend

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail