Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

De escaperoom by Megan Goldin

48 reviews

dustygold's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Was this really an escape room? It felt like it at first, but then it was just a lot of sniping at each other and then you got the tea on how they all ended up in there, and then it was over very abruptly.

If there's no real chance of escape and "winning", calling it an escape room is just a bit odd.

I saw another review that said a better title would be "Meat Husks are Tricked into going into an Elevator by an Awful Person" and I have to agree!

My favorite part of it was how I was

initially tricked into thinking Sara was dead and the elevator trap was engineered by Lucy, only to find out it was the other way around. I actually didn't see that coming and enjoyed the twist.

However, I found it hard to root for

Sara at the end; it's very convenient that her way of getting revenge "for her friend" was by stealing so much money she'd never ever have to work again in her life.

A very convenient and self-serving form of justice. 😂

I love tense thrillers and the multi-perspective narration for the audiobook was well done, so if you truly have nothing else to read at the moment and you want to pick this one up, I don't think it would hurt. But if your reading time is limited I think there are much better ways to spend it. Unless you work on Wall Street and want to picture your career nemeses in the place of the elevator characters, I guess? Then this will probably be the best book you've ever read in your life.

I listened to this so it's not really easy to go back and double check, but it felt like there were multiple errors in how it was written that really should have been caught in the editing process. However, I liked the audio narrators and thought they did a good job with what they were working with.

P.S. Also, what the heck was up with

Kevin? A red herring or just a character shoe-horned in without good reason? It's never made clear if he was somehow some kind of control or retaliation from Vincent & co.

P.P.S. 36-ish hours in the elevator and not once did someone have to pee?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, and Sexual assault

sardinita's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.25

click bait title, no puzzles, no nothing. i felt a little cheated

It’s a very fast read for sure, you will be slightly intrigued. The prose is very matter fact. I preferred the dialogue between characters because the narrator felt a little repetitive and monotonous. I did not like it but I enjoyed reading it (tis confusion)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Sexism and Vomit

amandaelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

k8lynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

all i can say is... wow!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

snoopyfanclub's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

smilagros's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Seeing how far Megan Goldin has come from this book to the night swim is wild. This book was okay. I knew what was happening immediately but the story was still intriguing. It gave me the chills and feel really disgusted by money can make people do. Megan Goldin’s description and creation of characters is top tier.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

maistfu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

holy shit - this was not at all what I expected it to be.

it was a good, pretty quick read and it captured my attention pretty much from the beginning. I really like the switching povs a lot. the title and summary are deceiving though. it's made out to be an escaperoom type of story but it's more about the world of investment banking and the lives of a few of those people. the end suprised me the most and overall I liked the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

monsieurbluesky's review against another edition

2.5

This book wasn't bad, but the title is misleading. I expected more of an escape room aspect, I wanted puzzles and riddles and exciting high stakes! And... it just didn't deliver. It starts off strong, but parts of the middle dragged and the ending was abrupt.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

laurenryan's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

0live_tr33's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism