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Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

251 reviews

whatsrachaelreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

deathcab4kati's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

chaitra_brewedbookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris is a fast-paced psychological thriller that grips you from the start. It was a short and quick listen, with the narrator doing a great job bringing the story to life. The FMC, Grace, felt relatable, and her deep love for her sister with Down Syndrome added an emotional layer to the story. Though some parts felt a bit too convenient, the straightforward writing kept me engaged. It's not overly twisty, but the suspense of "what will happen next" made it hard to put down. A solid, emotional read!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

vs9001's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death

hgtryba's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death

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

audragio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Violence

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

4lexa's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book had interesting components but ultimately just felt unbelievable most of the time.  It wasn’t boring but at no point did I understand the motive of the husband/villian.  To go into specifics,

if Grace was in love and willing to do anything for her husband, WHY would he risk that security by revealing his evil plan to her?  It was giving Dr. Doofenshmirtz. 
Also I never really took Grace seriously considering she guilt tripped her mom into keeping her sister, Millie, and then used ODing to “convince” her parents to give her custody of her young sister with Down syndrome when Grace was maybe 20?.  It was entertaining but very unrealistic.

The representation of Down Syndrome was okay but Millie did feel very infantilized and gullible, and I felt that more negative traits were highlighted than positive.

  It sometimes felt like her sister manipulated her by taking advantage of her Down syndrome. 

Overall it was okay, won’t recommend it due to the triggers and the fact that I didn’t enjoy it a ton.    

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death