Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

No Exit by Taylor Adams

35 reviews

reading_binosaur's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Dementia, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Trafficking, Vomit, Racial slurs, and Terminal illness

mfwright27's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual violence

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

jenny_readss's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Sexual violence

gracetrimper'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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Animal death

mondovertigo's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Trafficking, Torture, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence and Pedophilia

Minor: Vomit and Panic attacks/disorders

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

kelseyallen's review against another edition

adventurous 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? N/A

4.75

i loved this book but it also freaked me the fuck out. the descriptions of the multiple deaths are super graphic and often made me have to put down the book and walk away. so yeah 4.75/5 but this absolutely is not a lighthearted book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

fell4's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book is a PAGE TURNER. 100% read, it's not usually the kind of thing I read but I'm glad I did!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcohol

sporadicallybookish's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

Guessed the majority of the twists but this was still an enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexual violence