Reviews tagging 'Racism'

No Exit by Taylor Adams

34 reviews

tonyaf'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

3.5

A true page-turner! This is so tense and almost impossible to put down once the plot gets going (and it gets going very quickly). The villain in this is truly despicable and reading some of the things he says and does is so uncomfortable at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Animal cruelty and Vomit

shirleonelsie's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

2.0

I'm conflicted about this book. I really enjoyed it - the plot was exciting, I was left guessing for a lot of it - but...

BUT

The use of the r-slur, n-slur and a chinese-slur (the latter used many times, as the name of a fictional location) colored this book gray for me. While they were all used by a character who - if this was a real person, probably would talk like this - there wasn't a whole lot of explanation or detracting from the other characters in the book. Granted, only the latter mentioned one was said allowed to anyone else but it still felt very shoe-horned in. Like the author took advantage of creating a character who would say these things just so he could say them. And that feels smarmy. 

If it wasn't for those, I honestly think I'd give them a high 4 maybe 5 star rating. If those slurs were used and there was some explanation or backlash from other characters - something that let's me know the author truly understands that the use of those words is NOT OKAY - then maybe, just maybe, I could let it slide. But that isn't how this feels.

(I use other reading apps, so you may see this again!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Racism, Violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

Use of n-slur, r-slur, and a chinese-slur

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

mixpix's review

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

hippie_raccoon's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

2.75

A fast read.

Ashley was almost cartoonish in how terrible he was. He casually murdered a kitten, kidnapped a little girl for sex work, mutilates others, slowly kills people....
 It's almost too much. 

I don't know if the author has ever interacted with a 9 year old, but Jay is not a convincing child. 
For that matter, Darby isn't really a convincing young-20s woman. She's kind of flat. There's a subplot about getting home to see her mom in an emergency with some self guilt thrown in.

I did enjoy the overall action of the book. The violence was over the top, but I can appreciate the fact that people actually get hurt. Although Darby's plot armor is thiiiick. So is Ashley's for a lot of it, I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Gun violence, Gore, Violence, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Torture, Racism, and Kidnapping

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

samnash's review

First off, this book is very slow. Then,

I flipped to a random page on accident and read a paragraph and it was just blatant racism. After reading some reviews, I found out that it in no way adds to the story No one is telling the character it’s wrong and there was zero development around it. Just racism for the sake of racism.

I am no longer interested in finishing this novel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

mel_j's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Rape, Racism, and Trafficking

seena's review

adventurous tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed all of the characters and each of their motivations. Even though I hate Ashley, his character was still very intriguing and really well written. I loved the multiple perspectives and it really added to the atmosphere of the book. I recommend this to anyone who wants a really good, single title, quick read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Trafficking, and Rape

noceur's review

tense fast-paced

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

3.0

i thought this was going to be a mystery but apparently not we learn who the kidnapper is in the first chapters, i have mixed feelings about this book some parts were cheesy and sometimes the villain came of as the over the top, mustache twirling kind and it took me out of the story but other times i would find myself rooting for the fmc and guessing what will happen, overall it was a good time but just keep in mind that this book relies on the shook value if you want things to make sense all the time this is not it there are some stupid decisions

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Racism, and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, and Pedophilia