Jan 31, 2019cluhowy rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I began reading and finished this book in less than a day.
This is a taut, fast paced "thriller" in the true sense. I’ve read hundreds of books in the “thriller genre” and few have lived up to being a thriller. Suspenseful, yes, thriller, no way. This book is an exception. Masterfully written, it puts the reader on the razors edge, breath held, heart racing, cannot put it down from the beginning to the very last page.
In 2017 the film rights in Taylor Adams' “No Exit”, were sold to Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox. (Looking forward to the upcoming movie version and hope it's as good.)
Protagonist University of Colorado student Darby Thorne is driving home to visit her dying mother in a Utah hospital. It’s December, nearly Christmas. She is caught in a horrendous blizzard in Colorado’s mountains. Eventually she is forced to pull into a remote rest stop where she meets 4 other stranded motorists. While walking through the parking lot, she discovers a little girl, held prisoner in the back of a van. Unable to set her free, without cell or phone reception and trapped by the snow, she returns to the rest stop centre to determine which of the 4 strangers has kidnapped the little girl. She plans to do this without revealing anything about the kidnapping.
Is the story plausible? It could be. Is it full of suspense? Definitely. It has the creepy, evil, scary quality of Stephen King’s writing, without eerie fantasy in the story.
Some readers may complain it’s somewhat far-fetched and give it a low rating. I disagree. It feels like a realistic scenario. If it did not contain some questionably impossible moments, it wouldn’t be a thriller. Real life can be stranger than fiction. It was an excellent read for this writer.
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No Exit