#Ruth Ware

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First look at Keira Knightley in her new film 'The Woman In Cabin 10'. (2025)

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Every relationship in every thriller

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In A Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

“The brain doesn’t remember well. It tells stories. It fills in the gaps, and implants those fantasies as memories. I have to try to get the facts . . . But I don’t know if I’m remembering what happened—or what I want to have happened. I am a writer. I’m a professional liar. It’s hard to know when to stop, you know? You see a gap in the narrative, you want to fill it with a reason, a motive, a plausible explanation. And the harder I push, the more the facts dissolve beneath my fingers . . .”

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books I’ve read in 2024 📖 no. 080

One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

“They pick volatile people, people who’re going to perform for the cameras, they wind them up as tight as they can, they engineer a bunch of high-stress situations that are practically guaranteed to make someone lose their shit, throw in some alcohol—and then they sit back and let the cameras roll and the tweets pour in.”

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Em um bosque muito escuro - Ruth Ware

Mais um livro da Ruth e sem decepções.

Aqui temos a história de Leonora (Lee, Leo, Nora, o que ela disser que vale) que é convidada para uma despedida de solteira de uma pessoa que ela não vê a 10 anos.

O livro é cheio de suspense dos segredos que eles guardam, das pessoas que climam momentos desconfortáveis e da tensão de saber que algo vai acontecer mas ninguem sabe nada alem disso.

O livro todo foi bem escrito, dava pra prever algumas coisas mas o plot principal até que me surpreendeu e mesmo sendo algo “previsivel”, sua execução foi excelente.

Um livro curto, bem escrito, com personagens muito interessantes e vivos.

Em alguns momentos nós odiamos e amamos os personagens (sem exceções), o que os torna muito humanos e divertidos de serem lidos. A história toda é bem tensa e reforça a ideia de “que seria melhor ter ficado em casa” em cada evento novo.

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One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

«Listen to me, if anyone is listening to this, you need to get here now. Now, do you understand me? Because this is not a game. It’s not a joke. This is life or death, and we are stuck on this fucking island with a murderer. We are— Shit. Hello—hello? Hello? Fuck, it’s dead.»

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Top Five Books I've Read (so far) In 2023:

5. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (Audiobook): One of the more unique novels I've read in a while, this book bounces around in time and place slowly weaving each dispirate story together around the fictitious ancient greek story of Cloud Cuckoo Land. Each character is so well created, and the slow thrill of putting the pieces together was so satisfying. The ending made me stare at the wall for a few moments before I could come back to earth.

Read if you like: Ted Chiang short stories, The Birds by Aristophanes, Margaret Atwood sci-fi

4. Truth of the Divine by Lindsay Ellis (Physical book): The sequel to her debut novel, Axiom's End, this book takes the monster fucking story to a whole new level exploring the concepts of attraction, loyalty, love, and humanity. The world building is incredible, the main character doesn't have that awful trait that a lot of sci-fi audience inserts have where they cannot possibly make logical connections and answer questions themselves. Cora is smart, and Ellis assumes you are smart too. Plus the recreation of 2007 era America is fucking perfect.

Read if you like: Early 2000's nostalgia, Jeff VanderMeer books, Axiom's End, 90s alien movies like Contact, Independence Day, Aliens

3. The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegmund-Broka (Physical book): I've read a bunch of romance this year, and this was one of my absolute favorites. Certainly not the spiciest I've read, but the interplay between the two points of view creates a romantic, sexual, and professional tension that is so palpable and delicious. I loved the meta narrative of two people writing a book together about two people writing a book together, and the exploration of what making art together means and the intimacy required to do it. It's a little predictable, but that's what you want from a romance novel. This was a fun book with just enough stakes and just enough stress to make the payoff so worth it.

Read if you like: Emily Henry books, movies like You've Got Mail, Something's Gotta Give, Always Be My Maybe

2. The It Girl by Ruth Ware (audiobook): I love Ruth ware. I love her. I have read everything she has written so far and will read anything she puts out. I selected this one for my list because I love the setting of a close knit school campus, a shining bright young woman with a dark secret, and the real time unravelling of a murder mystery through the eyes of someone on the ground. This book explores the idea of how little we can know about the people we are closest to, and how easy it is to blind ourselves to the truth because of what we want to be true. It's a captivating read, easily finished in a day or two.

Read if you like: One by One by Ruth Ware, Gossip Girl, Jennifer's Body

1. The Secret History by Donna Tart (physical book): I cannot believe how long it took me to read this book. It was one of those books that kept getting recommended to me, but I was worried it was over hyped and would be awful. I tried to read it about two years ago and couldn't even get through the first chapter. And yet, somehow, I picked this book up and did not put it down for a week and a half. It's incredible. An absolute masterclass on Dark Academia, tension building, atmospheric storytelling, all the things I love the most about literature with all the modern trappings of an aesthetic I have also come to love. Rich kids in a private school testing the boundaries of privilege through the POV of an outsider desperate to be accepted is one of my favorite tropes and this book is the definition of how to do it right. It's dark, its academic, it's murdery, it's the 90s, it's excellent. I'll be reading this one again.

Read if you like: A Separate Peace, Brideshead Revisited, Gentlemen and Players, The Talented Mr Ripley

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Reading these two books right now. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and One By One by Ruth Ware.

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Keira Knightley will star in the upcoming Netflix film adaptation of Ruth Ware’s THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 directed by Simon Stone.

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The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

“Maybe that was closer to the truth--we weren't captor and captive, but two animals in different compartments of the same cage. Hers was just slightly larger.”

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Best 10 Books in.....Suspense/Thriller

I’ve comprised a list of the 10 best books from the suspense/thriller genre. This list is in no particular order and this list is only my opinions based on what books I’ve read in the past. Enjoy! A group of people gather at a lodge deep in the woods but it doesn’t end up being the retreat they think it is when a snow storm strands everyone there and people end up dying off one by one. My…

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'Your secret is quite safe with me.'

Ruth Ware, from “Miss Marple’s Christmas”

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2024 READING - COMPLETED BOOK 5/12

I finished in a dark, dark wood last night (308 pages).

Despite having read half of this book at the end of January, I finished reading it in February, so I'm counting this as my first February book.

This is the most "modern times" book I've read since starting this reading resolution challenge. Because of this, I found it quite a speedy read. The mystery kept me hooked, and I found all the characters interesting and engaging, especially the character of Nina. I couldn't help but imagine Karlach from Baldur's Gate 3 when reading her lol.

I will say, the final confrontation and motive reveal felt a little lacking to me.

I also was a bit annoyed with how the MC still believed the orchestrator was "not like this" when they have been blatantly expressing the whole book that they were, in fact, "like that".

This isn't even touching on the fact that the conflict between the MC and the boyfriend could've been easily resolved from the very beginning if they...idk, just gave each other a phone call?

Either way, I enjoyed this one! I am very excited for the next book I have lined up to read. But after that, I have nothing on deck, so I'm going to need to go thrifting again here soon for another pile of books. x

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Total books read: 5 Total pages read: 1,432

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In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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This was a great book to read in the fall! Kind of spooky, lots of mystery and tension. It follows the main character, Hal, as she pretends to be the granddaughter of the recently passed Mrs. Westaway in the hopes of getting an inheritence but finds that the family is hiding something. I loved trying to figure out what was really happening. Definitely suggest for mystery lovers.