Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

97 reviews

tabby09's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

This was a great book. I was engaged the entire time and sped through it. 

The main character made some stupid choices to keep the story going, but it didn't bother me much because I expect that in thrillers or horror. Some of the other characters lacked depth, but it was great for a thriller. I did not expect most of the twists, except one. 

There were parts at the end that were difficult for me to get through. I got very queasy and had to take a break, I'm very squeamish though. It's possible to push through it and is only a factor at the end. 

I read this as a physical book, supported by the audiobook. Single narration was good, she did the different voices well and even slurred well during the hospital scenes. 

This was the second Riley Sager book I've read, the other being Survive the Night. I noticed a similarity in the villains-

The god-complex, or being more "special" than others, justifying the murders

A little thing that bothered me: 

I was a little confused at the allusion to it being supernatural in some way. I guess it was done just to confuse us, but I don't understand why the wallpaper had the optical illusion or why the snake's fire looked like it was burning, etc.

. Some things could have used a little more explaining. I was also hoping her sister would tie in somehow. 

Loved the ending.

BURN IT ALL DOWN! Lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

Missing/dead sister as well. Mentioned often. The gore isn't that intense, but beware if you're squeamish!

organ theft

zoeblair17's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical trauma and Medical content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Suicide, Sexual content, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Grief

traciereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Murder, Death, Classism, Blood, Abandonment, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Trafficking

Minor: Alcohol, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Slavery, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Drug use

rhgrimes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Stalking, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

tanvi45's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical trauma, Violence, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

stefpntny's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Trafficking, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Stalking, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cancer, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Kidnapping, Dementia, and Car accident

growintogardens's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

I figured everything out at the beginning of the book, so a bit disappointed, but it's got some good tense moments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Trafficking

Moderate: Confinement, Toxic friendship, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, Medical trauma, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infidelity, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Alcohol

bessadams's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Trafficking, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Classism, Grief, Suicide, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

zarakoconnor's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was amazing. The beginning is a little bit slow but from the 50% mark it picks up like crazy. Would have been 5 stars if

it didn’t have weird anti-satanist elements

but other than that I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Trafficking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Blood, Gore, and Grief

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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

1.5

My downfall will be that I’ll read anything with Riley Sager’s name on the cover just because I’ve liked a couple of his books. But good god, that doesn’t mean he should be allowed to write just anything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Confinement

the main character’s sister is a missing person, has nothing to do with the actual plot itself and it is not resolved. It’s just something brought up a lot.