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Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

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bbooks23's review

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dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

This is my third book by Riley Sager and the one that has been recommended to me the most. I know this is many people’s favourite by this author, but while I enjoyed it, I wouldn’t say it was my favourite.

I usually shy away from books with medical content and the last third of the book was so heavy on this topic I felt sick to my stomach. And the FMC was such a limp noodle/damsel in distress—a trope that I found myself constantly being frustrated by. She was so downtrodden that being a final girl never really paid off in the end.

The tension and twists were effective, making it a thriller I didn’t want to put down, so overall I would recommend it if you already are a fan of this genre.

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queerreaderchaos's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.5

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chloseencounter's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Lock Every Door was my first Riley Sager novel, I have heard pretty polarizing opinions on his books so I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect, but this story gripped me so quickly and didn’t let me go until I finished.

The most standout thing in Lock Every Door for me was the setting, something about an historic apartment building in NYC with a cast of eccentric tenants really enthralled me. I usually dislike romance in books as well but even the short lived romance in this story was so tense and exciting that I really didn’t mind.

There was a lot of moments I wanted to scream at our main character for ignoring so many red flags and making so many stupid decisions. I really wanted good things for her and was practically begging her in my mind to stop digging. At the same time I definitely appreciate a girl driven by her sense of Justice and strong morals. Then factoring in her financial situation, she had very little opportunity to get out of this situation.

I never guessed the ending for a second

I was all in on the devil worship theory, when Jules realized what Greta had written in all the books about the girl’s “youth keeping her young” or whatever, I totally thought she was leeching their energy or something. I actually wasn’t fully convinced Nick was in on it at all until Ingrid said he was in her apartment

I enjoyed how blindsided I was by the big reveal, I am rarely thrown off guard by mystery/thriller/horror anymore.

My only complaint is I don’t think the ending was 100% perfect but it wasn’t unsatisfactory either, so this was still a pretty solid read for me. I’d just argue that the first 80% of this book was stronger than the last 20%.

Overall a very fun read that I devoured in less than two days. I was definitely enthralled with this mystery and really wanted to know what the hell was happening enough to absolutely tear through it, so I think that means it was an overall successful read.

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sam_maree's review

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dark emotional mysterious

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

2.5

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jasminealizae's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated

2.25

Thought this book was dealing with ghosts or witches, it wasn't. The "twist" was okay, I guess. The most interesting sub-theme of this book was about how poor people are mistreated, abused and aren't ever considered people at all. I would have liked a deeper exploration of that.

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