Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

No Exit by Taylor Adams

59 reviews

readinginmtl's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, and Physical abuse

sambishop's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Super gory. It sucked me in because I wanted to read the conclusion, but I don't know if I'd recommend based on the level of gore. It made me cringe at times because I was so uncomfortable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape

mkzach's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Addiction, Cancer, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Terminal illness

scoutvibes's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Cancer, and Car accident

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

taylorleclere's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Trafficking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Stalking, Sexual content, Rape, Gore, Medical content, Blood, Torture, and Grief

allisonshewfelt's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is one of the best thrillers I've ever read. No exit really grabs you from the first chapter and does not let go. There was so many twists it was absolutely crazy and I loved every page of it. The synopsis really drew me in and I had no idea that it would go where it went. It was gruesome, unrelenting and very dark and violent. Our heroine, Darby, is one of the most badass main characters out there. She had no idea what she was capable of until she was pushed to her limit and damn was she capable of a lot. I wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes. Jay was also very clever for her age. 

It was very fast paced which I always love in thrillers. I love how Adams stretched the story, like how Darby would almost escape but then be caught again. It keeps you on the edge of your seat. It really just turned into a fight for survival and cat and mouse game. 

This is definitely making my top 10 of this year and I'm terrified of seeing the movie it's gonna be so violent. I expect pure chaos. There's so many things I'm never thinking about the same way like everytime I see door hinges, nail guns and jelly filled donuts I'm gonna internally scream

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Dementia, Animal death, Death of parent, and Vomit

annabulkowski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Car accident, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Gore, Confinement, Alcoholism, Torture, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

cepbreed's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Wow. It takes a lot for me to be so committed to a book on a school night. I started it to help me fall asleep, but suddenly its 2 am and I'm sitting here, book closed, in pure shock. I wasn't amazed by the book in the beginning. It seemed standard and I was able to catch one of the twists right away but after that I was completely lost. My brain was tossed in every direction following this plot and my stomach turned with every moment of suspense. Every single character is a dumbass but goddamn if being a stubborn dumbass doesn't help you succeed.

Song:

• Triggered - Chase Atlantic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Terminal illness

Minor: Medical content

shellsshel's review

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, and Vomit