Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

No Exit by Taylor Adams

75 reviews

biblio_millie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

At one point last year I got so stressed reading this that I had to put it down so I’ve only just finished it. My only real gripe was that the child didn’t really read like a child. Apart from the occasional line where I was like yeah a 7 year old might say this, I kind of kept imagining her as maybe 11 or 12. Otherwise very enthralling and I really enjoyed it. Lots of possible triggers, more than I normally find in a book like this, I’m glad mine didn’t come up but I was very lucky. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

sgreising's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

• 3.5/5 can finally unclench my jaw now that I finished. I literally could not put this down. Lost 3/4 of a point due to how graphic it was in the end, but wow 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

alyssa8898's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Pedophilia, and Death of parent

saraavowlerr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sosocrafty's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Rape, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Car accident

melissa_h's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

A pretty solid thriller with some good twists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

comeundun's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

claire_reardon's review

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? No

2.5

This was the exact kind of nonsensical stupidity I needed after two heavy fantasy books. Can’t wait to see the movie and laugh through the entire thing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

A very gripping read! It was hard to put down, so I read it very quickly! There is graphic animal cruelty that was upsetting, and didn’t add to the story so it gets points knocked for that, and the ending got a bit far fetched, but was still enjoyable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Grief, and Car accident

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

3.0

I put this book down 22 pages in the first time, but I just couldn't help not knowing what happens especially considering how popular it was online so I decided to give the book a chance. I did finish it this time. Overall I'd say it was a very entertaining read for me. All together I read it within a few hours. Very fast paced in my opinion, however there were numerous inconsistencies, idiotic behavior, and unsettling details that didn't need to be included. 

We find out who the perpetrator(s) is/are pretty quickly which to me wasn't a surprise. The person revealed themsleves earlier but the main character just didn't pick up on the dialogue.

The part about Lars and Ashley being brother's was unexpected. I'll grant the author that, but having Sandi involved felt ridiculous. She didn't really contribute much to the story. Also I wasn't too surprised that she was involved cuz she was a little too calm for me to believe something wasn' t up.

Also, the author has a tendecy to utilize plot points only when they're convenient for the story to either move the plot along or to enhance the stakes rather than having the plot points make sense. 

For example, we're told they're in a blizzard, but when the characters would go outside there's rarely any mention of them being affected the gushing winds pulling them back or suffering from frost bite or them shivering at all.

Another example is how the abducted child, Jay, was portrayed. She has Addison's disease and is told that extreme stressful situations can indirectly lead to her death. But this element is only utilize when the author wants to raise the stakes because when Darby ultimately finds her way to Jay she is unbelievably calm. And she remains calm in most of the situations the main character encounters. Not once did she shed tears or cry hysterically. I thought this was deliberate and that the author was gonna reveal some big twist that the girl was in on it too or something, but no, it's just poor writing.

Also, I found the use of racial slurs in this book to be so unnecessary. As well as the potential incest/molestation and animal cruelty. Like we get the main perpetrator is a reprehensible psychotic human being, but I think we established that the moment it's revealed that they sex traffick young girls and don't care. All that other stuff wasn't just unnecessary icing an already drenched cake.

Also we find that Lars suffered from fetal alcohol syndrome which to me, was very unnecessary and I think was only used to establish that he was a "mindless" follower and a victim to his brother's conditioning. But I don't think it was necessary to add things like fetal alcohol syndrome and pancreatic cancer when they literally contributed little to nothing towards the plot.

Also, the ending felt kinda ambiguous to me, but maybe I just looked too much into it. I'm glad I read it so I can assuage my curiosity so I know to never pick it up again. Don't think I'll ever read anything this author writes. It just wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Vomit, Medical content, and Grief