Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

No Exit: Diese Nacht überlebst du nicht by Taylor Adams

78 reviews

anuxr's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

Racial slurs were completely unnecessary to the plot. Writing was repetitive. Plot dragged on and on. Was taken out of the story many times. Skip this book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Torture, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs and Xenophobia

buer's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

Young college student, Darby Thorne, finds herself trapped at a rest stop on her way to say goodbye to her dying mother. After a strange series of events, Darby realizes that there is a kidnapped child in the back of one of the vehicles in the parking lot. She must figure out which of the four strangers at the rest stop is the killer and what she needs to do to save the kidnapped girl. 

I want to like this book - it’s fast-paced, easy to read, and has an overarching theme of a young woman realizing that she is a better, stronger, and more resilient person than she could have ever imagined. Taylor Adams has a simple, visceral writing style that I like and introduces several interesting twists. 

However. Much like one of the characters in this book, Adams feels like the kind of person who knows how to convincingly wear a mask. The mask he has chosen is that he’s the kind of person who believes that women are strong and capable, but considering that he sexualizes every female character in his book with varying degrees of brutality, I’m not convinced. 

I also find it difficult to enjoy a book in which the author goes out of his way to introduce prejudice into the story.  Taylor names an imaginary geographical landmark with a slur. He has a character tell multiple misogynistic jokes and a racist one that involves yet another slur. He uses the r-word and repeatedly references a probably homophobic piece of graffiti that he invented for the bathroom wall at the rest stop. 

Maybe I’m wrong about Taylor, but I can’t recommend this book in good conscience. There are too many moments that got under my skin for reasons that weren’t serving the plot or adding depth to characters.

There are plenty other books that accomplish what this book does without also reeking of ick. Read those instead. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Animal death, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Addiction, Bullying, Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

social_eyes's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child abuse

Minor: Racial slurs

Truly the most stressful thriller I’ve read yet. I wish it didn’t have the racial slurs in it, did not need it to show the evil of the character.

loveitall's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I did not enjoy this book. The book is only as long as it is because the main character keeps making stupid mistakes that could have easily been avoided making it more frustrating than anything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Gore

Minor: Ableism and Racial slurs

nicchen22'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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Minor: Racial slurs

aniwillow's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual violence, Blood, Gun violence, Confinement, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness, Excrement, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Grief, and Animal cruelty

rawrsoobin's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Trafficking, Gaslighting, and Ableism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Vomit, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cancer, and Alcoholism

ohkaereads's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book's only purpose was introducing me to things I'll possibly not like (wintery & snowy settings, isolation/single locations, one day/night settings) and things I'll possibly like (cat/mouse trope, literary writing, character studies) in thrillers. It all felt so standard and predictable in a bad way. I felt no connection to the story whilst reading and probably will forget I ever read it. Hopefully, the movie will have more of an effect on me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Racial slurs, and Cursing

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, and Terminal illness

svmreads's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Vomit, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

samnash's review against another edition

First off, this book is very slow. Then,

I flipped to a random page on accident and read a paragraph and it was just blatant racism. After reading some reviews, I found out that it in no way adds to the story No one is telling the character it’s wrong and there was zero development around it. Just racism for the sake of racism.

I am no longer interested in finishing this novel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism