Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

No Exit by Taylor Adams

35 reviews

rawrsoobin's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Trafficking, Gaslighting, and Ableism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Vomit, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cancer, and Alcoholism

wends_nblw'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

I need to start taking reviews with a grain of salt because they always set my expectations too high. That being said, this was still a good thriller.

I couldn't stand Darby at first, but I found myself warming up to her towards the halfway point before fully loving her character by the end. With the rest of the cast, I couldn't decide if I hated or loved them. There aren't many side characters : aside from Darby, we have five other distinctive characters.

As for the culprit

(in this case : one of the culprits, Ashley)

... I found myself fully enraptured by them. Their motive, their point of view, the way they spoke.. I couldn't help but find myself being manipulated by them. By the end, I was as smitten with them as they were with Darby. For sure one of my favorite antagonists of any book.

So many twists and turns, I wouldn't say this book had me on the edge of my seat, but it certainly had me sitting up straight. Every time I thought this book was going to end, that Darby and this little girl, Jay, were going to escape, 'No Exit' would toss that hope aside and shoot me with a nail gun. I would groan and in the words of our villain, say "oh, come on."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Incest, Torture, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, and Vomit

This book uses the n + r slurs both once.

allison_elaine's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Kidnapping, Chronic illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Trafficking, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

ellisofia's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Body horror, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Police brutality

violetbentbackwards1036's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Alcoholism, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Pedophilia, Medical content, Terminal illness, Torture, Trafficking, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Animal death, Gore, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Gun violence, Murder, and Vomit

literarylily's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Torture, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Trafficking, Gore, Death, Gun violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Chronic illness

Minor: Addiction and Animal cruelty

sarahjxde's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal cruelty, Blood, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

sammietee's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Child abuse, Cancer, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

cardanrry's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gore, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, Vomit, Ableism, and Chronic illness

Minor: Alcohol, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Trafficking, and Death of parent

jlohnes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Torture, Blood, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Death of parent