Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Ripper by Isabel Allende

3 reviews

valentina_legge's review against another edition

medium-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? No

1.0

very bad. all the old-fashioned tropes you can think of.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

aldourquiza's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, and Religious bigotry

dechu06's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.75

[Pardon my english]
I tick the 'spoiler' thingy cause I feel like my review would give some spill and such.

I *really* want to give this book lower rating than I already did, but Attila and Save-The-Tuna successfully stop me from doing so.

This book's too wordy. Ok I actually really love mystery. That's my main reason to picked this book at the beginning. BUT I have short attention span, and bloody heck, this book's killing me slowly and surely. I don't need to read whole 4 wordy pages with just one conclusion about 'oh yes we are friends', 'oh right we are in a relationship', and other stuff. Too many information, Karla. My doomie head cant take it.

And the ending. GOSH SPEAKING OF THE ENDING. So rush, no resolution whatsoever, so many shlts left unanswered. 'Wow the ending is so twisty' haha, no it's not. At least for me. How come I expect something to be so twisty when there isn't any enough hidden clue at the beginning. I didn't get the 'OMG SO ALL THIS TIME IT WAS THERE ALL ALONG' hits when I got in the twist part. It feels like the writer just decided 'ok so let's get the ending like this' in the middle of writing.

Or maybe because I'm too exhausted on reading this 400+ pages that feels like thousands instead.

I'm tired, I need a rest. Am I gonna reread this? Nah. The last three chapter disappointed me enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment