I've read every Ruth Ware book and this one was completely different than the rest. It felt like a spy novel in the best possible way and I couldn't put it down.

When Jack finds her husband murdered, for many reasons she hesitates to call the police but this only makes her the suspect. It puts her on the run! It is a game of cat and mouse until the end. It is a propulsive read if suspending belief is OK with you as a reader because there are many things that are really unbelievable. Unless she was a superhero and I missed that part of the book. I would still very much recommend this book having read previous reviews I see the opinion can go either way if I said I wasn’t entertain throughout I would be lying and I am a big fan of Ruth Ware books and although I usually listen on audio I enjoyed the Kindle version not as much as some of her other books but still one I recommend. I want to thank Gallery books in NetGalley for my ARC copy please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

I think when I go into a Ruth Ware book, I'm expecting more of a mystery. This one was a little different and not really my favorite of hers. It was pretty easy to figure out who was behind the hit as there weren't a lot of characters to choose from. I also found the story repetitive and a little unnecessarily long. I did enjoy it and like all her books, I was invested right off the bat. It just took a little long to get there and didn't quite have the mystery element I enjoy in her books.

This was a fun thriller! After the murder of her husband, Jack Cross is suspect #1 and is on the run to not only proven her innocence but to find out who murdered her husband. It’s fun, fast-paced, and a nice size this thriller will be great on a tbr.

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This is the perfect book to devour on a weekend. You can't help but feel for the main character, Jack, as she moves through the plot with a gritty determination that you hope you would be bad-assed enough to possess in her shoes. The swiftly-paced novel keeps you turning pages waiting for the next blow. Nice and thrilling, without being over the top. Well done, Ms. Ware-looking forward to your next!

Is it possible for a thriller to be a bit too fast paced? That's how I felt with this one. The storyline was intriguing but perhaps a bit too technical for me, and I felt like I was zooming through the pages to get to the ending. It seemed to lack some of the fun I've found in Ware's other books.

This is not one of my favorite Ruth Ware books. A married couple makes a living by breaking into buildings for their owners to locate problem areas. The wife, Jack, is the "leg man," and the husband, Gabe is the "computer guy." A horrible murder puts Jack on the run, which is what I disliked about the plot. It just didn't seem as suspenseful as her previous novels. Thanks to NetGalley, Gallery Books, and Scout Press for providing an ARC.

I was all set to love this as it has so many elements of books that I love. I guess I wanted more spy thriller stuff and it was a lot of just following an injured person all around for days.

I have mixed feelings on this one. It was tight and suspenseful, and the plot moved, but not much happens. Or the action that does does it very slowly. Audio narration gave it an added edge.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the advanced copy!

I’m so sad about this.

This is now the Ware book in a row that I didn’t like. Honestly, I think this is worse than The It Girl. I didn’t mind the first few chapters but then it got so predictable and techy. I also found myself yelling at Jack as if you’re watching one of those movies where the main character is making the most obviously dumb decisions.

Bring back the gothic mysteries!!!

2.5.

From the outset of ZERO DAYS, Ruth Ware gives us a thriller that doesn't let up. There is non-stop action throughout, with the heroine, Jacintha Cross (aka, Jack), playing the role of an action hero – part Energizer bunny and part punching bag. In spite of Jack's apparently superhuman ability to persevere through a variety of injuries and both emotional and physical pain, Ware pens a realistic and fully formed character.

Jack and her husband, Gabe, have a pen (as in penetration) testing/ethical hacking business looking for the holes in their client companies' security systems. Gabe manages the computer hacking part of their attempted penetrations, while Jack handles the physical side. For this reason, she is extremely fit and has incredible evasive skills. This makes her performance throughout the challenges of the book, which extend way beyond pen testing, as realistic as possible. When, on the first night of the book, she comes home from an assignment to find Gabe murdered in their home and is immediately suspected by the police, she begins eight days of both hiding and trying to figure out who actually murdered her husband.

This wouldn't be a Ruth Ware book without numerous twists in the plot, and the author does not disappoint. While I was fairly certain from early on who was responsible, I couldn't see how all of the pieces would come together until Ware put them together for me. The book involves a fair amount of technology, but Ware gives us the background we need to process the plot without being didactic. The frightening nature of what can be done when powerful technology lands in the wrong hands drives some of the plot, while the destruction that can be wrought by warped human nature drives the rest. There are some kind and caring characters, however, as well as some who at least attempt to use technology as a force for good.

Although I have never been to London and its surrounding area, I feel as though I have been there after following Jack as she moved throughout the city and countryside. Ware's descriptive language brings the area to life without slowing down the pace of the book. In fact, there is hardly a second in this book that is not taken up with some sort of action. This is the fastest paced of any of Ware's books, taking place over an eight day period during which a great deal happens.

There is a satisfying resolution that will appeal to those who like closure in their stories. As always, I will be watching for Ruth Ware's next book.

I’ve read quite a few of Ruth Ware’s books and they are honestly either a hit or miss for me. Zero Days ended up being just okay in my opinion. I didn’t outwardly hate it but definitely didn’t find it amazing by any means.

It has the typical cat and mouse game when one’s spouse ends up murdered, but this time the wife of the dead spouse is a Pen tester (I had no idea what this was until this book; she basically tries to get into knowing businesses to find their weak spots in security) and tries to find her husband’s murderer on her own since the police are determined to prove she did it.

I predicted the twist very early on and didn’t find it all that shocking.

Jack and her husband Gabe are the perfect duo…working together to make sure companies are secure. Jack is the legs and Gabe takes care of the tech end. Together they see if they can break into businesses and if they can, how the companies can make themselves more secure. After a job one night Jack arrives home to find Gabe brutally murdered. When she becomes a suspect, she takes off to find out what really happened to her husband. She finds out there are few people she can turn to and trust.


Ruth Ware is often hit and miss for me. This one was ok for me. It is one I’m not sorry I read, but it won’t be one I’ll remember for long. I figured out most of the twists along the way. Still, not a bad read.

This was a fantastic, fast-paced read. Did I have a hunch who was behind it early on - yes. But, I didn’t know why, I didn’t know the journey it would take to solve the case, and I wasn’t expecting the most perfect ending. Jack has a really bad week, but she learned so much about humanity and herself along the way there is certain satisfaction in the ending.

This is the first book I read by Ruth Ware. It took some time to get this story going. Once the story rolled out there was a fair amount of excitement. No lack of cat and mouse in this book. Overall I found the story enjoyed but I also found it quite unrealistic. I liked the main female character. I felt some of the details of the story could have been cut out a bit. I gave the book 3½ Stars out of 5.

Ruth Ware is so good at what she does. I very much enjoyed this mystery and how it could (and probably has) happen in real life. It starts off with an interesting job by the main character and her husband, who ends up murdered. Getting to follow along with Jack as she tries to clear her name and find justice for her husband, while running into one thing after the other. I highly enjoyed this book.

I kind of drifted away from Ruth Ware a few years ago after some unsatisfactory reads. But I'm back on board after reading Zero Days. This is a thriller with a bit more heft than her usual stuff. It was a little predictable but I kept reading to find out Jack's fate.

Ruth Ware is one of my auto-buy authors, and I've read every single one of her books. And I have to say, Zero Days is one of my favorites!

I loved how unique this book was - I've never even heard of penetration testers before, and it was so cool to learn more about that world. I was immediately engaged in the story and couldn't stop reading. I loved Jack and Gabe's relationship, and I teared up several times throughout the book.

While I wasn't very shocked by the twist, that didn't bother me. It was more about the "journey" and not the ending.

Thank you to the publisher and Neutrally for the gifted copy!

This book was very engaging but having been a Ruth Ware fan for sometime, I found this title to be very different from her previous ones. It was very fast-paced so the story moved along, but I found myself getting frustrated with the protagonist who felt inconsistent (ie she is clearly smart and skilled in her career, but throughout the book was in constant denial of what was going on around her). In all, it was engaging and relatively solid but didn’t win me over.

I always turn to Ruth Ware when I'm in the mood for a suspenseful, twisty thriller that will keep me on the edge of my seat, and she really delivers exactly that with her latest novel. Zero Days.

When the story opens, we meet Jack and her husband Gabe as they are attempting to break into a building by hacking its security system. It turns out that's actually their job - they're penetration specialists and they are the best in the business when it comes to this kind of work. Gabe does all of the technical stuff, while Jack is the one who actually physically breaks in.

It's fun to watch them work together as they clearly enjoy their work and it's just as clear the two of them love each other very much, which makes what happens all the more horrifying and heartbreaking. The job we're witnessing goes wrong and Jack ends up arrested. By the time she finally makes it home to Gabe, hours later than expected, she finds Gabe dead, throat gruesomely slashed open. Jack is devastated and then her life gets turned upside down even more when the police decide she is their prime suspect.

Since this is a thriller, I don't want to give anything away, but needless to say, it's a pulse-pounding, race against time as Jack goes on the run in an effort to find out who is responsible for Gabe's murder and why they killed him. I devoured this book in just a couple of sittings and immediately wished I had another Ruth Ware book I could dive into.

The synopsis advertises this story as having Mr. and Mrs. Smith or The Fugitive vibes, and I think that description is spot on. In the mood for a fast-paced thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat: Look no further than Zero Days.