A review by kdickerson38
The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

• Tropes/themes:
  • Dual timeline
  • Daughter of a serial killer
  • Dark past coming back to haunt
  • Secrets
  • Popcorn thriller
• Dark and twisty.
• Quick read.
• This fell flat for me - wasn’t awful but totally mediocre.
• Very predictable - the red herrings and detractors from the twist were too obvious. 
• Very farfetched as usual with these books, but made to be entertaining.
• Wasn’t a huge fan of the narrator or the writing.
• Intriguing plot but with poor execution sadly.
• Content warnings:
  • Murder/death
  • Serial killer
  • Suicide
  • Blood
  • Stalking
  • Domestic abuse
  • Bullying
  • Car accident
  • Medical content 
  • Death of a parent