Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

No Exit: Diese Nacht überlebst du nicht by Taylor Adams

297 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

grizzy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

definitely keeps you on your toes with the many twists. some can easily be predicted. some parts really frustrated me but a great read nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty

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

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

kmleonardi's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

sourcherrysyrup's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

On the edge of my seat the whole book. Jesus, really good and crazy tense. Stressed me out legitimately at times, but it motivated me to read when I was sick as a dog with no motivation to do anything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Car accident

explicit and graphic violent

fight and torture scenes. During a backstory an unnamed woman

is implied to be sexually trafficked

a medically complex child is deprived of medication

implied violence towards child, and heavy child endangerment

tjsayler's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Vomit, and Trafficking

juninmei's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

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