Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

No Exit by Taylor Adams

26 reviews

libraryofdoe's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

While snowed in at a rest stop, a woman sees a child’s handprint on a van window and upon further inspection realises there might be a child trafficker among the friendly faces trapped with her.

I really enjoyed this. While I was initially mildly upset that the twists were clunky and easy to foresee, the last fifth of the book really surprised and intrigued me and the plot was gripping.

On the whole I highly recommend, especially if you enjoy tense thrillers with relatable leads. Darby Thorne, you have my whole heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Stalking

mollitorm'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? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Rape, Racism, Pedophilia, Grief, and Car accident

coots's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Vomit, Torture, Sexual content, Racism, Pedophilia, Murder, and Gore

elskabee's review against another edition

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

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

marxnchill's review

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

demo's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Rape