Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

No Exit by Taylor Adams

177 reviews

lucykae's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

macyh's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

Very thrilling and suspenseful. I couldn’t put it down. It was a bit gory for my taste and

I don’t care for a villain who’s evil for no real reason

. I felt like the violence was a bit over the top and added together with the gore just wasn’t for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

livyburnett17's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

perth_is's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

moxiereads's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

bettymer91's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious 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? N/A

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Vomit, Trafficking, 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

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