Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

114 reviews

dizpig's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

astoriareader's review

mysterious slow-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

SYNOPSIS

• Jules is a 25 year old, and she has had a bit of a rough patch. She was recently  let go from her job, and she is having money problems. Her live-in (now) ex-boyfriend cheated on her, so she moved in with her friend, Chloe. She doesn’t have any family left, as her parents died & her sister Jane disappeared
• She gets the opportunity to apartment sit at a fancy building in Manhattan for $4000/month for 3 months, but there is a catch. She isn’t allowed to have any guests, and she is required to spend the night there every night. There are some other rules re: secrecy as well.
• There are a few other sitters living in the building. Jules befriends one, and shortly thereafter, the other sitter is MIA.
• What’s going on in the apartment building? What happened to the other sitter? 

MY THOUGHTS

• I got through this quickly, and it is an easy read. The writing is fine, but there isn’t very much depth or character development.
• The ending was mehhh. Not great, not terrible.
• It is a slow burn, but pretty predictable. 
• The main character overlooks so many things, and she comes off as a stereotypical woman written by a man in a thriller novel.
• Side note: I am intrigued at this point as to why Riley Sager always writes women as the MCs. He has written some books that I love, and some that I don’t.

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️⭐️predictable + slow burn + thriller + set in NYC. not a huge fan of the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Medical content, and Suicide

kiwichill's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Self harm, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Medical content, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

badwolfbae's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.75

I thoroughly enjoyed this, and I look forward to reading more from Riley Sager. The only thing that kept this from five stars was the ending was a little too neatly wrapped up with the final 'six months later' segment. I would have rather seen things happen in the time rather than just skipping ahead. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Terminal illness, Medical content, Death of parent, Death, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Confinement

woahemjo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The ending kind of fell flat. There was this huge build up of supernatural elements and cult vibes only for the big reveal to be that rich people were doing unethical things and they thought they deserved to do so just because they're rich. If I wanted to read something with that kind of ending, I'd read the news.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Kidnapping, Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cannibalism and Cancer

Surgeries/medical procedures without consent

kitkat_2793's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

behindherpages's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Classism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide, Self harm, and Confinement

charlottesometimesreads's review against another edition

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

aprilblues348's review

mysterious tense

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Classism, Death of parent, Self harm, Violence, Blood, and Death

Minor: Alcohol

cherrykult's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I couldn't put it down. This book was intense, and I honestly didn't know what the hell to expect, but it wasn't that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Suicide, Trafficking, Death, Abandonment, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Medical trauma