{"id":15157,"date":"2024-01-16T01:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T05:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=15157"},"modified":"2026-11-03T23:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T03:52:44","slug":"book-no-one-rides-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-no-one-rides-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"No One Rides For Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"book-2322\" class=\"bdb-book-info\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/book_nooneridesforfree.png?fit=250%2C381&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"No One Rides For Free\" class=\"alignright\"\/><strong>Title:<\/strong> No One Rides For Free<br \/><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/author\/judith-sonnet\/\">Judith Sonnet<\/a><br \/><strong>First Published:<\/strong> <span content=\"2022-09-07\">September 7, 2022<\/span><br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/publisher\/independently-published\/\">Independently Published<\/a><br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 75<br \/><strong>Genre:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/extreme-horror\/\">Extreme Horror<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/horror\/\">Horror<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/short-stories\/\">Short Stories<\/a><br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/format\/ebook\/\">Ebook<\/a><br \/><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/source\/kindle-unlimited\/\">Kindle Unlimited<\/a><br \/><strong>Rating:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/rating\/2\/\"><span class=\"bdb-font-awesome-star-wrap\"><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"far fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"far fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"far fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/62343413-no-one-rides-for-free\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/addtogoodreads.png?ssl=1\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> <p>Jodi was driving her children to college when The Man got in their car.<br \/>\nUninvited, unwanted, and unhinged...<br \/>\nThe Man has no name, but he does have a gun... a knife... and a bag of \"toys\".<br \/>\nWhat starts as a forced ride into the desert escalates into a disturbing series of crimes and assaults.<br \/>\nJodi and her children will soon pray for death.<\/p>\n<strong>Get the Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3XIP78K\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>\r\n<hr \/><\/div>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Review\",\n\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2024-01-16T05:00:27+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\"description\": \"No One Rides For Free\",\n\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Radical Dreamer\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-no-one-rides-for-free\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"No One Rides For Free\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"author\": [\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Judith Sonnet\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-database\\\/author\\\/judith-sonnet\\\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t],\n\t\t\t\t\t\"isbn\": \"\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"numberOfPages\": 75,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Independently Published\"\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\t\"image\": \"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/book_nooneridesforfree.png?fit=250%2C381&ssl=1\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2022-09-07T00:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.goodreads.com\\\/book\\\/show\\\/62343413-no-one-rides-for-free\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"genre\": \"Extreme Horror\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Jamie\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/\"\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"ratingValue\": 2,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"bestRating\": 5\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p>I had such mixed feelings toward this novella, and it bummed me out. The first five chapters were honestly a RUSH, that first scene where Jodi gets back in the car chilled me to the bone. Home invasion and abduction stories are some of the scariest to me and I was absolutely loving Sonnet\u2019s narrative flair.<\/p>\n<p>Then I hit the warning at the start of chapter six, which surprised me, but it\u2019s an understandable inclusion for extreme horror and I appreciated the warning. Unfortunately, I didn\u2019t care for the other half of this book. Not because I was offended or bothered by the content, though it delivered on the gratuitous violence and grossness that was promised. I was surprised to find myself bored, like I was reading page after page after page of stuff happening but nothing was happening at all and it became a slog to read. Jodi is left alone for most of the book and just sits there ho-hum waiting for everything to blow over even after the man\u2019s intentions are made clear, there was no fight in these characters. I was glad that there was some payoff in the end, the title delivery was fantastic, I think if there was just a little more struggle it might\u2019ve gone better with me.<\/p>\n<p>There was an afterword by the author where she provided some personal context to the book and the heavy influence of 70s Grindhouse exploitation films. I appreciated this inclusion for adding an extra layer of understanding. I do want to check out more of Sonnet\u2019s work. It\u2019s clear from the start of the book that she can write a terrifying scenario, this one was just a hard miss for me.<\/p>\n<h4>Quote<\/h4>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;No one rides for free.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h4>Content Warnings<\/h4>\n<span class=\"ubb-spoiler\"><a class=\"ubb-view-spoil\">View Spoiler &raquo;<\/a><span style=\"display: none;\" class=\"ubb-thespoil\">Abduction, Dead Parent, Disembowelment, Forced Incest, Gore, Gun Violence, Hostage, Murder, Necrophilia, Rape, Sexual Assault, Sexual Content, Sexual Harassment, Torture, Verbal Threats, Violence <a class=\"ubb-hide-spoil\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;\">&laquo; Hide Spoiler<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\">\n<h3>About Judith Sonnet<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_judithsonnet.png?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_judithsonnet.png?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_judithsonnet.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Judith Sonnet is a sad trans gal who writes very strange books, including Our Sarnath, Torture the Sinners!, and the notorious extreme horror shocker, No One Rides For Free (which is a book she gets lots of angry messages about). Judith Sonnet is a collector of old movies and paperbacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100079425782603\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/20958530.Judith_Sonnet\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/47IyCxU\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fulltimehorrorjunkie\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review I had such mixed feelings toward this novella, and it bummed me out. 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