Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

No Exit by Taylor Adams

82 reviews

ivana's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

elliez's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? No

4.0

Review forthcoming

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Trafficking

Minor: Cancer, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

tinytrashqueen's review

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood

literamy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

dannybrown59's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book grabs you from the beginning and you can't stop reading it. Its full of twists and turns. Even know the plot is fairly interesting it just wasn't my favorite book. I did love Darby. She was so determined to save Jay and you just kept rooting for them. I was very happy with the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Death of parent

elskabee's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 OH MY GOSHHHHHH

My first thriller could not have been a better pick I think! Must have been fate because I checked this out at the library on a whim because I thought "hey I've seen that title before and I'm pretty sure I remember vaguely positive reviews??" HOT DAMN

I finished this in one day because I could not stop reading! It's so fast paced and the tension is always there seeing as it takes place over a short period of time. The main character Darby is also just excellent. I was really able to connect with her (aside from the fact that we both drive ancient honda civics that we named) and she didn't make dumb/unrealistic decisions like I was worried. Also, if you want a thriller where the lead just gets progressively more feral, here you go.

Good thing to note is that this isn't as much of a mystery as the synopsis suggests. So just go in knowing that it's more of a survival thriller than a mystery thriller, though it still has plenty of twists and turns.

Even though I'm giving this 5 stars, I'll admit it's not perfect, but a lot of that is probably personal preference. Like I think the ending could have been a tad less drawn out, and there's at least one plot hole that luckily wasn't major enough to ruin anything but still annoyed me lol. The author also uses the word mushy way too much :/ But at least it had a satisfying ending which is more than I expected on my first thriller adventure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Torture, and Vomit

caties_books's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

thatsssorachael's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

AMAZING. 

I went into this thinking it would be a who-dun-it style of thriller, but you figure out who's involved fairly quickly. From that point on it is pure suspense and thrills. I loved it. I really enjoyed pretty much every aspect and ripped through it in 3 days. 

Highly recommend for fans of thrillers, fans of Stephen King, and anyone wanting to get into the thriller genre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Kidnapping

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

Moderate: Terminal illness and Death of parent

tashadandelion's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

While in the middle of another book that was boring me, I picked this off of my TBR shelf and consumed it in one sitting. If you're looking for an easy page-turner to get your head off of weightier topics, this would be a good choice. I think Mr. Adams has the thriller (pre-structured to make a great made-for-Netflix or made-for-TV movie) figured out to perfection. I also particularly applaud the well-done sleight-of-hand at the very end of the book that reveals a fun surprise. I would perhaps have granted the fifth star if I thought the story might sit with me beyond the last pages (the way Gillian Flynn's Dark Places and Sharp Objects did), but I don't think that's likely. The darkness in this novel isn't quite haunting enough to transport me into that state. Nonetheless, I do recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good action-packed cat-and-mouse story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, and Blood