Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

No Exit by Taylor Adams

182 reviews

michelle_my_belle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

This was a very fast paced, action packed thriller. It leaned a little too far into horror for my tastes and contained a lot of graphic violence. I will say, it was a very compelling story and I continued reading wanting to find out what happened, so it was definitely successful in drawing me in and building suspense. Overall, it just wasn’t really for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Torture, Animal cruelty, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Ableism, Death, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Trafficking, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Cancer

brooklynlaura's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Death, Kidnapping, and Trafficking

Moderate: Violence, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Torture

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Racism

mmarquis1158'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? It's complicated

4.75

I was on the edge of my seat for the entire read. I never knew what to expect next which kept me engaged throughout. My only complaint is that there were a few scenes that felt a little unnecessary drawn out and I was anxious for it to just move along (ex: a really long and descriptive scene of running/chasing). Other than that, this was an exciting read. It was chilling, intriguing, and had me surprised all the way to the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Murder, Cursing, and Gore

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Trafficking

missgrangerr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

To me everything about this book is pitch perfect. I felt like I was there the whole time and the description made it a little too easy to visualize everything (IYKYK) This cat and mouse was dead phenomenal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Slavery, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Gun violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Stalking, Violence, and Gore

biblio_millie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

At one point last year I got so stressed reading this that I had to put it down so I’ve only just finished it. My only real gripe was that the child didn’t really read like a child. Apart from the occasional line where I was like yeah a 7 year old might say this, I kind of kept imagining her as maybe 11 or 12. Otherwise very enthralling and I really enjoyed it. Lots of possible triggers, more than I normally find in a book like this, I’m glad mine didn’t come up but I was very lucky. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Trafficking, Violence, Confinement, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent

corrupted_taco's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

mizmanderz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Blood, Gun violence, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Chronic illness and Vomit

lizyalife's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal cruelty, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Child abuse

gaby_readsss's review

challenging dark mysterious 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

I read The Last Word earlier this year and loved it, which made me excited to read more of Taylor Adams’ books.
No Exit, however was a bit of a letdown for me.

I have mixed feelings about this book. It was very action-packed and I was on edge for the most part, which is a good thing when you’re reading a thriller. However, one thing I really struggled with was the writing. I found some parts to be very problematic. Were the racist slurs and misogynistic jokes really necessary? I get these “jokes” come from one of the villains in this book and we are meant to hate this character, but it made me uncomfortable and it also made question the author to be honest, which is kind of sad because I thought he was a new favorite thriller author when I read The Last Word.

So yeah, this wasn’t a terrible thriller. It had all the expected elements: a girl making irrational decisions, an isolated location, no phone signal, and people being killed by a psychopath. But I was expecting more.

I’m not sure I’ll read more books by this author in the future. 

 
I still don’t know how these people, Sandi, Ashley, and Lars knew each other? Unless I missed it I don’t think it ever gets explained. It was kind of hard to believe all of it and it became a little too much toward the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Torture, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

mixpix's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Trafficking, Racism, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape