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tanvi45's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Murder, Medical trauma, Violence, Death of parent, and Death
Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury
stefpntny's review against another edition
- 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
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
tabea1409's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Stalking, Suicide, Trafficking, and Violence
growintogardens's review against another edition
- 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
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
- 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
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
michellewords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I kept rotating on my rating for this book between a 3 and a 4. In StoryGraph I have the real rating, but here I chose to bump it up to 4.
Lock Every Door is about a girl named Jewels, who is down on her luck, but somehow lands this sweet house/apartment-sitting job at a famous building called the Bartholomew. She's dreamed of this place since she read a book about it when she was a child. It seemed like luck was on her side, until a new friend at the Bartholomew disappears. She finds there's a lot more to the building than an oppulent dream.
It's hard to say too much in this review without ruining anything, so I don't know if I will say too much.
The book is a standard thriller/mystery with some basic characters and semi-predictable plot. I wish there was more to the characters and Sager really settled into them. The book is a lot about the setting, which is fun, but at some point there's a theme brought up that could have been explored better with some extra character development.
The theme being-something viewed as such a rich thing (the Bartholomew), held a lot of evil; but the poorest viewed thing held the real value (Jewels--kind of on the nose right?)
Anyways, fantastic narrator and a fun overall story. I recommend if you are into those type of books with a very plot-driven story.
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Murder
hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition
- 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
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.romorel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The hints build comfortably, but unlike other Sager thrillers my experience was simply “being along for the ride”. This book took twists and turns I absolutely did not see coming, but once uncovered made me nod appreciatively at the well paced “Chekhov’s Guns”. The execution was fantastic.
So much so that I’m writing this at 1:50AM on a Thursday and given myself a headache from staying up too late.
Sager’s characters are easy to connect with, though one thing I often notice with his protagonists is that I have no idea what they look like besides being “unremarkable” brunettes.
Overall a very satisfying story.
Graphic: Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Medical content
Moderate: Chronic illness, Trafficking, Car accident, Blood, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence
savvyrosereads's review
- 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
Jules is facing rock bottom when she agrees to move into a luxury apartment building as a paid house sitter. But when another sitter goes missing, Jules quickly realizes all is not what it seems…
I want to preface this by saying I’m a huge Riley Sager fan, and count some of his other books among my favorite thrillers. I think he’s super talented and he’ll always be an auto-buy author for me on the strength of some of his other work. Unfortunately, this one absolutely did not land for me.
I was bored for 99% of this book (the 1% was basically the very beginning, when I was waiting for the premise to set up, and my enthusiasm didn’t even return for the ending and final reveals). The FMC made some absolutely ridiculous choices and decisions, and I didn’t really like any of the other characters. I also never felt super invested in the mystery aspect of the plot, and I thought the big reveal was pretty bonkers and didn’t have great foundation laid to suggest it throughout.
I know a lot of people do love this one, so it may well have been a “me” problem…but the bottom line is if you’re reaching for a Riley Sager I personally think there are much better ones to grab.
CW: Death/death of parent/suicide; fire; blood/injury/violence
Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, and Death
dizpig's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Body horror, Drug use, Death of parent, Classism, Death, Blood, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, and Murder
Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Dementia, Body horror, and Cancer
Minor: Stalking