No Exit

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!

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!

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:)

DNF at a little after 10%. Normally I wouldn't even bother to review anything I dropped that quickly, but the writing alone made me think the author is a judgmental jackass who needs to 1) talk to a teenage girl before he tries to write one, and 2) hire a better editor. (Listening to My Chemical Romance on an iPod in 2018? Sure, okay, lmao. Forgot your phone charger? Who cares when you don't have signal? Turn off your damn phone. Randomly explaining the translation of the name of the rest stop with no narrative explanation as to why? Um...??)

All the characters were annoying, especially Darby, and I knew who the ~bad guy~ was going to be from "Who's Bing Crosby?"

I'm annoyed that I wasted half an hour on this, but given the other reviews mentioning how gory it got later on, I'm grateful I at least got out before that.

” Darby preferred to live her life wide-eyed, tormented, running, because nothing can catch you if you never stop.”

What is the book about?
 On her way to Utah to see her dying mother, college student Darby Thorne gets caught in a fierce blizzard in the mountains of Colorado. With the roads impassable, she's forced to wait out the storm at a remote highway rest stop. Inside, are some vending machines, a coffee maker, and four complete strangers.

Desperate to find a signal to call home, Darby goes back out into the storm . . . and makes a horrifying discovery. In the back of the van parked next to her car, a little girl is locked in an animal crate. (copied from storygraph) 

What did I think of the book?
I was expecting this to be a mystery thriller, I was thinking that the kidnapper would not be revealed early on in the book but I was wrong. It's fine though, this book felt more like an action movie. The perfect gif that would describe this book is the “that escalated quickly” gif. 

I read this quite quickly because of all the tension. Darby is a badass, if I were to get kidnapped, I would like her to find me. I don't know how I would have reacted and if I would still be alive if I were in her situation.

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 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 just dont think this book was for me. i LOVED The Last Word but this just didn't feel the same. I didn't like much of the book and when it was good it was just fine. I predicted one of the twist but the rest were shocking. Its action packed and I liked the main character but I just felt like it didn't have a wow factor for me so unfortunately i wasn't a big fan.

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!

This book really kept me on my toes and I absolutely loved it! Every time that I thought I knew what was going on or what was going to happen next, I was thrown for another loop and it made the book so much fun to read. Something else that I really enjoyed about this book were the characters, particularly the protagonist, Darby. She is such a badass and I think Adams did a great job of writing a strong female lead. The antagonist was equally as well-written; I felt like they were oozing evil off the page at some times.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good thriller but is maybe looking for something a little more suspenseful and twisty. I find that personally, I can usually predict the ending of the story or what the plot twist is going to be and I really couldn't do that with this book; so if you are looking for something a bit more unpredictable, I would give this a try. I would also recommend this book if you're in a reading slump because from the first chapter, I was pulled into the story and I had physical reactions to it while reading. I had anxiety the entire time I was reading this, and I think one of the things that makes this so scary is that it's more of a realistic scenario than maybe some other mystery/thrillers.

Overall, I really enjoyed this and would recommend it if you like mysteries and thrillers, or if you're in a slump and need something to remind you why you love reading so much.