Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

No Exit by Taylor Adams

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

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

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

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

ivana's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

elliez'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

4.0

Review forthcoming

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence and Trafficking

Minor: Cancer, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood

literamy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

dannybrown59's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

This book grabs you from the beginning and you can't stop reading it. Its full of twists and turns. Even know the plot is fairly interesting it just wasn't my favorite book. I did love Darby. She was so determined to save Jay and you just kept rooting for them. I was very happy with the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Death of parent

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

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

caties_books's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

AMAZING. 

I went into this thinking it would be a who-dun-it style of thriller, but you figure out who's involved fairly quickly. From that point on it is pure suspense and thrills. I loved it. I really enjoyed pretty much every aspect and ripped through it in 3 days. 

Highly recommend for fans of thrillers, fans of Stephen King, and anyone wanting to get into the thriller genre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Kidnapping