Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The Only One Left by Riley Sager

34 reviews

lunamorte33's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

So it was good ig. I recommend reading instead of audiobook like I did. The main character kinda repeated a lot of her feelings and there’s a rhyme in the book that is extremely overdone . Took forever to get to the twist and even then I didn’t seem to be wowed in any way. I did like the ending specifically the twist with Jenny. I thought it was cute. Other than that it was a sad story about awful people being the worst. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Ableism, Bullying, and Child abuse

A minor gives birth on the floor and it’s depicted.

veronicandoit's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Classism, Murder, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Death, Cancer, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Child death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Infidelity, and Drug abuse

felofhe's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Classism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Ableism, Alcohol, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexism, and Medical content

spiritedfaraway's review

mysterious sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I continue to give Riley Sager's books a chance. And I continue to be disappointed. The descriptions always sound so good and there are almost at least parts of the books I like, but something always ruins it for me. In this one in particular, there were many things that ruined it for me.

Being it Kit's head was irritating and her not doing her job (she's a home-health aide) was infuriating. Kit's patient is in her seventies and uses a wheelchair and yet Kit would forget to do Lenora's exercises. In another instance Kit put a pair of headphones over Lenora's head because she wanted to have a private conversation. Nevermind the fact that she didn't ask, nevermind that Lenora couldn't take them of even if she wanted to. YOU DON'T DO THAT. To be honest there were just so many ableist things in this book. 

There were also glaring plot holes everywhere, and almost all of the characters' motivations were confusing and made absolutely no sense. And do not even get me started on that horrible ending.

I have two more books of Sager's that I haven't tried before, but I'm not sure if I'll actually get to them because the more I think about this book the more upset I get and there is just not enough time in the world to read at best mediocre and at worst abysmal books. There are just too many other books I'd rather get to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Blood, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

SO MUCH ABLEISM

daniofthewood's review

mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Ableism, Murder, Death, Violence, and Suicide attempt

meagan123's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Infidelity, Ableism, and Confinement

Minor: Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Grief

ashjenn6's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood and Ableism

the disabled character was faking the whole time.

sonygaystation's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Confinement, Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Suicide, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Ableism

hellokatya's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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

2.0

i had really high hopes for this book, but it kind of fell flat. 
it felt like he was trying too hard to put as many plot twists as he could possibly make into the book, and the big reveal muddied the plot a lot. it took a bit for my brain to catch up with the new info and it ruined the reading experience for me. 
too much of a “gotcha” for my taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Ableism, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Child abuse and Misogyny

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Woah.

This was just phenomenal and mindblowing. This is probably the first book that truly brought me to understand what to be  mindblown means. 

Also, this thriller book consisting of so much death and misery also ended up having potentially the most feel-good, chill inducing endings I ever read. I am so happy for Virginia’s life she had after all of the truth came out.


The only thing I can think of that I wanted clarified is what was up with Detective Vick- he worked there at the same time Kit’s dad did but I do not recall any part where we heard more after Kit said that he should be called right before the confrontation with her dad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Classism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Blood, Grief, and Bullying

Minor: Abortion, Child death, Ableism, Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Sexual content