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The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

23 reviews

jadencove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Violence, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Torture, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

rsagarin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, Infidelity, and Stalking

charlotte_helen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Another gripping thriller from Freida McFadden with lots of twists, turns and tension to keep you guessing until the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Violence, Murder, Medical content, Car accident, Death, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

keeparas's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.75

I probably would have rated this book a 4.5 if I read it instead of listening to it. The narrator ruined a lot of this book. The storyline itself is a classic McFadden with a twist I thought I figured out, but didn't see coming. One of her better ones, honestly. But the narrator was horrible. She made the characters sound angry and argumentative the entire time. I will definitely be staying away from books narrated by her in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment and Gore

Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.75

Why am I reading these books that clearly aren’t for me?

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Drug use, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual assault, Cancer, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Alcohol, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

My favourite Freida McFadden so far. This was a really fun time, very tense and fast paced and I read about two thirds of it in one day. I really enjoy serial killer thrillers, much more than domestic thrillers which is why I think this one worked really well for me, especially with the added copycat whodunnit which is always a good time. 

At times I found the main character a little inconsistent, but I'm not reading a thriller for the character work so it really wasn't a big deal. Overall a very solid thriller that had me very invested, and one I would be quick to recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

david6248's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Body horror, Abortion, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Death, Car accident, Blood, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Death of parent

laurajenkins's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Suicide

Really annoying narrator

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Blood, Cursing, Death, Car accident, and Stalking