No Exit
Ratings176
Average rating4
Way too much swearing for my taste. The suspense aspect was fantastic. I could hardly put it down.
Wow, what a fantastic thrilling book. I usually don't cringe at pain and death but man oh man the descriptions in this book made the hairs on my arms stand at attention!
Darby is heading home Christmas Eve during the biggest snow storm to hit Colorado, she received a text from her sister that her mother was not doing good. Darby was hesitant to go home due to the rocky relationship they had but it was her mother and she knew she needed to make amends. Darby has to pull over to the nearest rest stop to get out of the snow storm, little does she know she has walked into the most dangerous and crazy night of her life.
Five perfect strangers are stranded for the night in the middle of a huge snow storm and little do they know that their lives are about to bechanged forever. The tension and thrill in this book was palpable and was not easy to figure out who was holding secrets. I highly recommend this book to those who love a thrill ride! I can't wait to see the movie on Hulu...but I'm not holding high hopes!
Read like I was watching a movie! So many unexpected twists and a main character that you're constantly rooting for and isn't a typical protagonist that's constantly messing up.
WOW TALK ABOUT INTENSE!
The full time ur reading the book ur heart is like a roller coaster going up and coming down,zigzagging,I felt like I was holding my breath this entire book.
Looking for a short yet suspenseful book that will keep you on the edge of your seat the entire time while managing to make ur heart race? Then this is the perfect book for u:)
This is so good!! There's only a few characters in a winter storm in an isolated location but it's so gripping. And the plot twists! Every time I was shocked. I was tense the entire time I listened to it but I loved it!
5.0
Wow! It's all I kept saying from the very beginning. I love when books just hook you right from the start and this one did it!! I always see this word from authors as blurbs but it was quite literally, unputdownable!! It made me uncomfortable, it definitely sparked my anxiety but I was so invested. All the twists were so clever I saw none of them coming. It was such a great time reading this! Definitely a favorite!
Loved this one. Doesn't really give you a break for a single page! Recommended if you want something thrilling with plot twists, but don't expect deep literature
3.75 stars that was intense. all the way up to the epilogue. talk about an anticlimactic ending.
Rating a thriller is difficult for me in the sense that I'm not rating it the same way I do other books. Most thrillers are not literary masterpieces. I don't read them for that. With that being said, this thriller is fours stars “for a thriller”. I don't read that many, but it kept me turning pages and surprised me a few times. I started this awhile ago and read the first 50 pages. I put it down for a couple months. I picked it up 2 days ago and finished it.
If your looking for a quick thriller with a creepy backdrop, check it out.
Wow, what a ride - it never let up. It truly kept me on the edge of my sheet the whole time. The tension never flagged. Almost purely plot except for Darby and Jay, who were more well developed but it wasn't necessarily a character novel, so much as an action one and from that viewpoint, it more than succeeded. I found myself wondering what I would do in the same circumstances.
Wow! When I think of the thriller genre in the future, this book will be the first one that comes to mind. What a wild, nerve-wracking experience! Once the action started, I did not want to stop reading.
Darby Thorne is a university student traveling home during a snowstorm because she has just received bad news about her mother's health. When the storm gets too bad to continue driving, she stops at a rest area where she finds four other people also trapped by the storm. While trying to locate a cell signal, she stumbles across a horrifying situation. A young girl is tied up and caged inside a minivan. That is where the nail-biting experience begins. Darby must now determine who is the kidnapper as well as try to find a way to save this child.
Darby is a believable character. She is not normally a hero. In fact, she has not been a very good daughter or overall person, in her estimation. She is not usually brave, but she takes on the kidnapper without hesitation because a little girl's life is on the line. She makes a lot of mistake like anyone would, but she keeps fighting. I find that admirable.
The twists and turns of this story line are well-crafted. There were many things that I did not see coming, which is obviously important in a thriller. I am very satisfied with the plot events and the ending.
Overall, this is one of the best thrillers I have read this year. I would highly recommend it!
Wow!! What a great thriller. Well paced and captivating with enough twists and turns to satisfy and frustrate. Didn't feel predictable at all. Loved it!!
I received this book in my BOTM awhile ago and never read it. For some reason, I was wanting to read a good thriller. Well, this book helped satisfy that need. I had a hard time trying to put it down because I was so curious about what was going to happen next. The protagionist did annoy me because of the decisions she made, but I didn't hate her enough to not root for her in the story. It was an easy read that was fast and enjoyable to the end.
I don't read many thrillers, and when I do I rarely love them. [b:Gone Girl 19288043 Gone Girl Gillian Flynn https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554086139l/19288043.SY75.jpg 13306276]? More like, I didn't like it. [b:The Woman in the Window 40389527 The Woman in the Window A.J. Finn https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1528225499l/40389527.SY75.jpg 52941950]? More like, I also didn't like it. No Exit was a huge surprise, the type of book that makes me reconsider an entire genre. No Exit's protagonist, Darby, is a college student who just learned her mom has late-stage pancreatic cancer. She drives through heavy snow, desperate to reach her before she passes away. An imminent blizzard descends in full, and it's futile. She's snowed in at a rest stop with a handful of strangers. As if that's not bad enough, Darby notices something suspicious in one of their cars. A pretty strong indicator that while the rest stop provides shelter, that doesn't mean it's safe.Adams strikes the perfect balance between “reading this is very stressful” and “I can't put this down.” He includes some surprising commentary about how humor and media can be (though obviously are not inherently) used to normalize and glamorize violence. He looks at how “bad guys” don't necessarily think of themselves as such, treating patterns of behavior as outliers where their hand was forced.It's hard to compare this to books or movies without risking spoilers, but if you're seeking some dark, terrifying entertainment against the backdrop of a lot of snow, pick up No Exit. And realize how good it is when you become anxious about YOUR phone battery dying before Darby can call for help.
went a lil bit off the rails at the end there but still a really good edge of your seat thriller!
I'm always intrigued by thrillers, especially this one since it was so hyped up. I expected to love this book based on the premise....Girl gets stranded at a rest area during a snow storm, notices a kidnapped girl in a van....you see where this is going. Most of this book had kept my interest, however there were a few parts that just felt like they could have been left out. How many times can they mention her cell phone battery percentage? Little things like that were why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. I've heard that this is going to be adapted into a movie. I'm looking forward to see how the adaptation is. Overall, if you like thrillers you'd probably enjoy this one.
I can't gush enough about this book.
I bought it on pure chance after reading the blurb and OMG! I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.
The plot twists keep coming over and over again and for someone who can usually pick them a mile away, I didn't see them coming.
The writing is fast-paced and Darby is a ballsy heroine with the kind of snark I love to write and read.
If this is an example of Taylor Adams storytelling, I'll be glomming his backlist.
A sensational story I highly recommend!