Reviews tagging 'Gore'

No Exit by Taylor Adams

204 reviews

sadgirlsidney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

A fucking delightful romp, absolutely love an Ebook I can knit along to and be completely transfixed by.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Vomit and Kidnapping

Minor: Trafficking

abyakron's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

toadscreams's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Murder

paloverdepages'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

1.5

This is a book that might get you if you give it a chance. It took me a while to get invested, but even still I don't think I would have cared as much if I wasn't reading this at a friend's recommendation. I don't usually read books like this, but I don't regret this one. 

The prose has moments when it's really good, usually in sensory descriptions.

The entire back half of the book had me squirming. The gore is really well written; descriptive and visceral, and warrants an extra reminder to mind the content warnings.

The internal monologues and descriptions are kind of bland and halting, but that's mostly in the beginning and you can plow through it easily. Also at the beginning, the text is irritatingly repetitive.

We know her name is Darby (and we don't really care about her full name), we know her mom has cancer, we know that she's worried about her sister's vague text.

Specific details are mentioned a lot in really quick succession and it just made me feel like the author was making too many attempts to hook me. I'm already reading the book (unfortunately), you can get to the story now. 

There are a lot of scenes that feel like a point-and-click adventure game. This isn't necessarily a bad thing; I think it's the limited setting and all the props that the narration is juggling. Speaking of juggling, sometimes it's hard to tell who's speaking

(or who's still alive)

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I'm reading this so I can watch the movie. It was a bit of a chore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Gun violence, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent

zmede's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death of parent

sydneyrose18's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse and Confinement

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Vomit

jkrhode's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Trafficking

wwh9x's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

1.0

Way too graphic and gory for me... the plot/story didn't make up for the gore I had to endure to get to the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Torture

abhirupa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I literally couldn’t put this book down. It moved so quickly and the tension was so believable. Even though it was fast paced, the characters were well developed, especially Darby and Ashley. I especially liked the use of multiple POVs as a character building tool for the protagonist. 
I need to see more of these characters, especially Darby! I’m not sure how a sequel would work based on the ending, but this was one of the best female MCs I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Torture, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

chelsea11's review against another edition

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail