Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

No Exit by Taylor Adams

36 reviews

shel_bay11's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Violence, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, and Gore

libraryofdoe's review against another edition

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

lacyloveslit's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

 *exhales* Ok, let’s unpack.

Wow, this was gory. I am a thriller reader and this was… a lot. I became squeamish often and had to put the book down a few times to just take a break.

I loved the fast pace of the plot and I read this fairly quickly. It definitely had some really great shocking moments throughout which was nice as opposed to one big plot twist in the last 10% of the book.

I was confused for the first half of the book because it felt like everything had already happened so early on and I didn’t know what else could be coming (there was more so that’s good but it was an interesting story design). This was a book centered around the main character making dumb mistakes. Some of those plot points hit and some were a miss for me. Let’s just say that Darby has the WORST luck. Ever.

One more small thing that was just a little cumbersome was one of the main male characters was named Ashley and another female character was named Jay and it just threw me off sometimes. I know they are androgynous names but it was just a small issue of mine.

Overall, this book kept me reading, had multiple shocking moments, and was a great read! 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

Minor: Vomit and Alcoholism

nahtepiercy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

at no point could i predict what was coming next

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

amressing's review

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Gore, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Torture, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

ameli2na's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I listened to this as an audiobook so I can't speak about the writing too much, but from what I heard it sounded pretty good. This book is so interesting and I could never bring myself to hit pause. There were so many twists and turns and the ending was just *chef's kiss*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Racial slurs, and Panic attacks/disorders