Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

No Exit by Taylor Adams

93 reviews

pangolincrimes's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, 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

lavendermang0es's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

3.25

I initially rated it 4.25 because I really enjoyed reading the second half onwards. I was rooting for Darby but after finishing it, I realized how much nonsense she was put through and the outcome was practically disrespectful. So I had to lower the rating. The ending was almost comical and felt unnecessary cumbersome. All the twists were great before the standoff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Racial slurs and Death of parent

angstyweeaboo's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Rape, and Dementia

bai96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Vomit, Trafficking, and Fire/Fire injury

soleade's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A great thriller. I could have done without some of the gruesome details. It is the kind of book you read in one sitting. I was hooked. 

I did not appreciate the use of the n word. It felt like the author took the opportunity to use it unnecessarily. Like this is a book that from what I can tell consisted entirely of white people, why throw in racism?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

sydoodle's review against another edition

hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This was pretty sick. Awesome suspense, read it all in one sitting. Only qualm is that there was no reason for this white man to write several racial and derogatory slurs - we can tell the bad guy is bad from the murder and stuff, you don't need the unnecessary and unimportant to the plot language.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Torture, and Kidnapping

Minor: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

kaitrenwick's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Sexual assault

bookblonde's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.75

Thrilling and intense, a touch predictable at points but over all left me satisfied. Would probably give a 3.8 if I could 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Vomit, and Trafficking

Minor: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault