Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

No Exit by Taylor Adams

14 reviews

bookishgoob's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

a college girl ends up a rest stop with 4 other strangers during a blizzard. 

The suspense in this book starts immediately with the MC, Darby, realizing she forgot her phone charger, had no signal, and was caught in a blizzard and it doesn’t slow down from there. Having no cell signal in a room full of strangers on a terribly cold night is one thing, but that phone having only about 4% battery is the cherry on top of this anxiety inducing realization. The racial slurs were completely unnecessary. There are better ways to sue that your bad guy is a bad guy than using a racial slur, especially as a white author. I also think that the way the POV’s switched so abruptly was a bit confusing. I’m not a huge fan of men writing thrillers because of the way that their stories have the most awful, stomach churning, and sadistic things happening to their characters. I will say that the constant plot twists were incredibly exhausting. The first couple were so creepy and bamboozling but after the third and fourth it became a mind boggling enigma. That’s something I didn’t enjoy about it. There was so much that happened that I couldn’t fully take in because of the plot twist after plot twist writing Adams displayed in this story. I did enjoy it, I read it in about 4 hours so it was a very quick read. It had me holding my breath and biting my nails from the suspense. all in all I think it deserves a 3.5/5 star rating. 

POSSIBLE TRIGGERS: 

Death of a parent 

cancer 

body horror

blood

ableist slurs 

racial slurs 

attempted suffocation 

confinement 

vomit 

kidnapping 

implied sexual assault 

implied human trafficking 

implied pedophilia 

violence against women 

dark inner monologue about women 

sadism

snow storm

freezing 

gun violence 

amputation

vomit

medical trauma

medical needs not able to be met 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Trafficking, Vomit, Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

amressing's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Gore, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Torture, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

hatterell's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I'd heard two things going into this book. First, that it was a very tense novel, that would have me reading with bated breath, and secondly, that the protagonist, Darby, was an intelligent and resourceful character.

I didn't feel the first very much. I'm confident that this is just to do with when I read, sometimes thrillers stick for me and other times they don't. I was shocked by a couple of twists and gruesome events, but overall I didn't felt drawn to the story. I could put it down.

I agree with the second description far more. Darby is an interesting character to read from, smart and full of ideas that I would never have thought of. Her patience and intelligence made her a great perspective to read from. My favourite characters were Darby and Jay, who was more upbeat and determined that I expected, and their dynamic was a welcome pause from the intensity of the rest of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Terminal illness

marxnchill's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Although the story kept me reading, it gets two stars instead of three due to fat phobia, sexism, racism, ableism, sexual assault as a plot device, you name it. Also we get it, the lead character is short and tiny and not like other girls.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Fatphobia, Death, Body horror, and Animal death

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Racism, and Racial slurs