Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It's telling that when I sat down to add this to my finished books a couple of weeks after I finished it, I had forgotten what the book was about entirely. I think this is my second book by this author and my opinions about both of them are pretty much the same. They're enjoyable while you read them, but completely forgettable once you're done. I'm not generally a mystery reader, which may be part of why I rated this 2.5 stars. I will say that I did not predict the ending even though all of the clues were there. I'm not sure if that was my lack of interest in figuring it out or good writing.
very dull, with extraordinarily blunt style of prose that whacks the reader over the head rather than letting tension build
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Story about an old building and the spoiled rich who seem to have no rules and pray on poor, defenseless victims. It was a decent read.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This is my 3rd Riley Sager book within the last month, and the writing style is so consistent it’s almost….annoying?
There are lots of similarities here with Final Girls - young female main character, bouncing back and forth in time (although Final Girls was flashbacks), and the overall sense that there’s a bigger and longer term sinister aspect going on.
It may have been luck, but I guessed the ending around 20% read and then spent the rest of the time piecing together who and how.
It’s not that it wasn’t inventive or fun to read, but I almost wish there hadn’t been as many clues? Which I never ever say. I read A LOT of mystery/suspense, and I find it most satisfying when I make it to about 80% before being able to form a solid hypothesis - whether there’s a twist or not doesn’t matter to me, but I like to be kept guessing a little longer.
I read this in one night and one day, it was a fun read but solidly 3*.
There are lots of similarities here with Final Girls - young female main character, bouncing back and forth in time (although Final Girls was flashbacks), and the overall sense that there’s a bigger and longer term sinister aspect going on.
It may have been luck, but I guessed the ending around 20% read and then spent the rest of the time piecing together who and how.
It’s not that it wasn’t inventive or fun to read, but I almost wish there hadn’t been as many clues? Which I never ever say. I read A LOT of mystery/suspense, and I find it most satisfying when I make it to about 80% before being able to form a solid hypothesis - whether there’s a twist or not doesn’t matter to me, but I like to be kept guessing a little longer.
I read this in one night and one day, it was a fun read but solidly 3*.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
When Jules receives the job of a lifetime apartment sitting at the grand, historical Bartholomew, her friend Chloe says that what sounds good good to be true probably is. And when one of the fellow apartment sitters goes missing, Jules starts to think maybe Chloe is right.
Lock Every Door cements Riley Sager as a master craftsmen and exceptional thriller writer. He perfectly crafts this atmospheric, tense thriller, a perfectly paced, Gothic romp that had me on the edge of my seat the entire time.
While I usually find Sager’s characters lacking, that can’t be further from the truth here. Jules, her fellow apartment-sitter Ingrid, and the hot Dr. Nick on the floor below are all engrossing, sympathetic, and flawed characters, and the same can be said for the rest of the cast. Sager has a way with crafting character interactions that makes them tense, atmospheric, and a treasure-trove of information without it feeling forced or like it’s just there to move the plot along.
And speaking of the plot, Sager truly knows his way around a thriller. The plot is perfect, with high stakes, thrills, and a pace that made the book easy and fast reading. While I did see the ending, the journey to get there more than made up for it.
The Bartholomew is a character in itself. It’s creepy, it’s personified, and Sager explores every floor and every secret passage with a mastery that is absolutely stunning. By the end of the book, I was certain the Bartholomew was a real apartment building.
Lock Every Door isn’t my favorite of Sager’s thrillers (that would go to The Last Time I Lied, which perfectly slotted into all my favorite tropes), but it’s definitely his most well-crafted.
Lock Every Door cements Riley Sager as a master craftsmen and exceptional thriller writer. He perfectly crafts this atmospheric, tense thriller, a perfectly paced, Gothic romp that had me on the edge of my seat the entire time.
While I usually find Sager’s characters lacking, that can’t be further from the truth here. Jules, her fellow apartment-sitter Ingrid, and the hot Dr. Nick on the floor below are all engrossing, sympathetic, and flawed characters, and the same can be said for the rest of the cast. Sager has a way with crafting character interactions that makes them tense, atmospheric, and a treasure-trove of information without it feeling forced or like it’s just there to move the plot along.
And speaking of the plot, Sager truly knows his way around a thriller. The plot is perfect, with high stakes, thrills, and a pace that made the book easy and fast reading. While I did see the ending, the journey to get there more than made up for it.
The Bartholomew is a character in itself. It’s creepy, it’s personified, and Sager explores every floor and every secret passage with a mastery that is absolutely stunning. By the end of the book, I was certain the Bartholomew was a real apartment building.
Lock Every Door isn’t my favorite of Sager’s thrillers (that would go to The Last Time I Lied, which perfectly slotted into all my favorite tropes), but it’s definitely his most well-crafted.
i would really love for riley sager to just commit to something and write a whole ass supernatural ghost story, because most of the time his actual 'realistic' conclusions are such let downs. the first like two thirds of this were so good at building tension and intrigue and then the reveal of the organ harvesting thing was just like,, meh. i think i even would have liked the satanic cult thing better, but oh well.