Reviews tagging 'Rape'

No One Gets Out Alive by Adam L.G. Nevill

14 reviews

orizenda's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I really really loved the first two thirds of this book. The ending just sort of fell flat for me, though. But I was genuinely scared while reading this. I was so wrung out by the story (and life) that I had to actually put the book down for a while and read something different because it was really getting to me.  Very well written. Lots to think about, I think. I don’t want to say too much and spoil anything though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Confinement, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Trafficking, and Alcohol

uggy90's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Rape, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

go2hellstephanie's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed this book. There were moments that were genuinely terrifying, and Stephanie was an engaging protagonist. 

My main issue is just that I think the book is too long. The later parts were intriguing, but felt slow, and I'm not sure if it would be improved if the tension was sustained throughout the whole book. I think there were a lot of plateaus. Some really good, tense moments, but mostly just kind of a horror book.

Not bad, but not my favorite. I'd probably read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Rape

readwithbells's review against another edition

2.0

I wanted to give this a better rating, because the first part pre time skip really did package up some of my worst fears then hit me over the head with them. That story is frightening and poignant and devastating. The second part felt totally unnecessary, we rehashed the same things over and over again, Stephanie became a person with less and less agency, and it really felt like we were doing it so Nevill could comment on media sprees over true crime cases, which is fine but that wasn’t even done in a particularly nuanced way. I also really didn’t appreciate the judgement against sex workers that wasn’t ever examined. Stephanie just stops thinking of the girls as sex workers and then she cares about them as people again. 

There’s also a particular line that really rubbed me the wrong way where Stephanie feels herself getting turned on listening to these other girls, like really?? 

Stephanie starts off as a person with agency but by the end of the story, her own thoughts are on repeat just like the ghosts and it’s exhausting. The entire second part of the book was superfluous and ultimately pretty boring. This is a story I was wary of a man writing, and while I can acknowledge the research that went into this, I would much rather have read a perspective that didn’t turn our main character into a screaming mess reminiscent of pulpy horror for over half the book. 

Look it did scare me. And absolutely bummed me out. But this book would have been a lot better had we cut the last two hundred pages. If I had stopped reading right before part 2, I genuinely think I would have been satisfied with a 4ish star for the book. 

Update: upon considering for a few days, the resolution and the removal of responsibility from the human monsters makes this book unrecommendable to me. It scared me, but the scares aren’t worth the rest. Reduced from 2.75 to 2 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and Violence

emcfeely's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking and Rape

franticfreya's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Body horror, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

griker's review against another edition

dark tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

raen99's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gaslighting, Gore, Trafficking, Violence, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

vanmeers's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Altright, so I read this after having seen the film wanting to know more about the box and the mystery behind it. It didn't really answer that and I can't say I really enjoyed this book a whole lot, most of the time it felt like a lot of nothing was happening. 

Maybe I am just tired of the repeated violence towards women, the hint of 'if you don't comply, you'll be assaulted', and how men generally write women. It was my least favourite part of the book, and let's be real it was also the majority of the book. I do, however, wanna give credit to the author for writing hauntingly descriptive details on the deceased and their ghosts. It was intense to read at several times, and I think the book was at its strongest in the those parts - it was especially the last 100 or so pages that was the most captivating in how tense they could make you feel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, and Death

louisegraveyard's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Misogyny, Trafficking, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Stalking, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Gore

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs