Reviews with content warning for Racism - No Exit: Diese Nacht überlebst du nicht

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No Exit: Diese Nacht überlebst du nicht by Taylor Adams

30 reviews

hippie_raccoon's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

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

2.75

A fast read.

Ashley was almost cartoonish in how terrible he was. He casually murdered a kitten, kidnapped a little girl for sex work, mutilates others, slowly kills people....
It's almost too much.

I don't know if the author has ever interacted with a 9 year old, but Jay is not a convincing child.
For that matter, Darby isn't really a convincing young-20s woman. She's kind of flat. There's a subplot about getting home to see her mom in an emergency with some self guilt thrown in.

I did enjoy the overall action of the book. The violence was over the top, but I can appreciate the fact that people actually get hurt. Although Darby's plot armor is thiiiick. So is Ashley's for a lot of it, I guess.

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rawrsoobin's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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samnash's review against another edition

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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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mel_j's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

1.75

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seena's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed all of the characters and each of their motivations. Even though I hate Ashley, his character was still very intriguing and really well written. I loved the multiple perspectives and it really added to the atmosphere of the book. I recommend this to anyone who wants a really good, single title, quick read.

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noceur's review against another edition

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tense fast-paced

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

3.0

i thought this was going to be a mystery but apparently not we learn who the kidnapper is in the first chapters, i have mixed feelings about this book some parts were cheesy and sometimes the villain came of as the over the top, mustache twirling kind and it took me out of the story but other times i would find myself rooting for the fmc and guessing what will happen, overall it was a good time but just keep in mind that this book relies on the shook value if you want things to make sense all the time this is not it there are some stupid decisions

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ireadtoescape_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

1.5

I never would have picked this book up had it not been a book club pick. Stressful.

I will say that part of the premise is very frustrating. The constant bad bad, very bad decisions were exhausting.

Starting with Darby herself - who goes on a wintery long-distance trip so completely unprepared???

Come on!! I get it adds to the plot but wow, my sister!! Also, be more inventive as an author?? I don’t know… The converse sneakers in winter really did me in ☹️😪😪 everyone knows converse are not shoes for the winter!! Even if you’ve never worn them, everyone in your life will tell you that converse are not for the cold. They’re freezers!! Honestly!!

Anyway, white men write women characters in a very odd way. I don’t know. Unsettling at times.

The villain was a lot! And I don’t know if I’m happy with how he’s been written as well. Was exhausting at the end of it. And obviously had to be good-looking. 👀 hot white guys can be villains, too. Diversity 🫶🏾

The ableism. Omg. I cannot!! The use of rat-face was so awful on top of that. This author said you all WILL know that I am a dude bro. Ew.

Also the bus driver lady??? Lol!! What do you mean, Mother Theresa!!??? 😭😭😭😭 What in the warped altruism?? I couldn’t believe that when I read it. No ways, my sister??! What a mess.

Ask me how this author found a way to include racism PLUS a racial slur that added absolutely nothing to the plot in a book with only white characters. Pls what the hell! The guy is a child abductor - he’s a terrible person. That’s enough to convince us. It doesn’t need to be substantiated with racism that added nothing to the plot. Urgh. This may be the last book by a white man I ever read because no ways??? 😭 I’m a baby girl who deserves better.

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