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Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

59 reviews

sarahlord0110's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

crtnybracy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A fresh take on the thriller/mystery genre. I enjoyed that this isn’t a whodunit murder mystery but instead a true psychological thriller where you know who the bad person is earlier on in the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death and Death

Minor: Mental illness and Suicide

goobyworm23's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

The plot of the book is 5/5. It had such great potential to be a horrifying psychological thriller. 

Unfortunately, the writing was too…. Obvious? Cheesy? The writing just didn’t land for me - it made it seem like a low budget scary movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Gaslighting

cate_g1259's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ! I have been reading the shining for about 6 months and am only half way through it so decided to pick up something fast paced to get me out of my slump. It took me 4 hours to read this book and I did not put it down once. You think you know what is going to happen be trust me, you are 100% wrong. Oh what I would do yo read it all over again for the first time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

tupeloallie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Alcohol

jkpheart21's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage

aharper's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lauren06100's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Amazing book!

The way I hate Jack with every fibre of my being shows me that B. A. Paris can write the hell out of a character!

Millie is a hero, love her! And I knew I was going to like Esther. 

I would have liked the ending to maybe have a bit more substance and shock factor, but it gets 5 stars from me anyway!

Favourite book of 2024 so far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Violence

faythd's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I don't know if "enjoyed" is the correct word for my reading experience but I couldn't put it down. The suspense is real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Pregnancy

mecmccann's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Behind Closed Doors was a better version of the same tropes in The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden. In this book, we follow a young girl who meets and quickly marries who she thinks is the man of her dreams. But on their wedding day, her sister and bridesmaid who has downs syndrome falls down the stairs and breaks her leg. They proceed with the wedding, and her new husband turns on her. He confides that it isn't her that he wants, its her sister. (though it's not clear what for. He said this in the same breath as "having sex with you was cumbersome and I didn't want to do it," so I think he wanted to assault her). He locks her in a room, he takes all her money, he starves her and tortures her. 

It's dark. I don't mind darkness, in fact, I typically like a psychological horror/thriller book. However, this was too straightforward and lacked any suspense. And this main character was not getting that he wanted to rape her disabled sister and put off getting out of the situation until the absolute last second. Is that where the suspense was? I didn't love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail