aas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Stalking, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Gore, Infidelity, Death, Injury/injury detail, Car accident, and Kidnapping
marypetrushko's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Moderate: Death, Murder, and Blood
Minor: Gore and Suicide
jaane's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
It’s a bomb to start a book like this. The first pages had me so compelled that I sat down and just read till 14% which is not what I do a lot for my first time reading a book.
It became more interesting when a detective came to ask Nora about how two of her patients end up dead with severed hands - a murder technique which was done by her father. She could not believe how this is happening and how it can be a coincidence that two of her own patients end up dead with the same description as how her father chose his murder victims.
I love how this book just play with my mind. It made me think at a lot of point that maybe Nora is losing her mind and she just doesn’t know she is indeed killing those victims without her realising. In the end, she had some realisation of who it might but it’s completely different from who it really is.
I would love to give this book 5 stars if the truth is not all at the end. I like The Housemaid more since it keeps on exposing things from the middle till the end. However this book only reveals everything at the end which is not really what I’m into.
Overall this book is a good read. I recommend this to anything who likes Psychological Thrillers.
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Murder, Medical content, and Violence
sam019's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Medical content, and Stalking
tspice24's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gore, and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicide
savvyrosereads's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Dr. Nora Davis has a secret—her father is serving life in prison as a convicted serial killer. But when Nora’s patients start being killed in a manner that mimics her father’s crimes, her well-kept secret threatens to come to light.
I love a good serial killer novel, so I had high hopes for this one and was immediately engaged with the premise. Overall, The Locked Door was super fast-paced and enjoyable, with lots of mini cliffhangers and a few pretty good twists in the end. I also loved the cat, who honestly earned this book an entire extra half-star in my rating.
I did feel like this book required a decent amount of suspension of disbelief, and left a few too many unanswered questions for my tastes. A few of the details/plot choices also felt unnecessary, and I didn’t love the way the plot resolved. But, all of that said, I was pretty consistently entertained, and I will likely be checking out McFadden’s other titles in the future, so I’d call it a pretty solid read!
Recommended if you like: fast-paced thrillers; serial killer stories; quick reads.
CW: Death/murder; kidnapping/torture; suggestions of animal cruelty; suicide/death of parent; domestic abuse.
Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Domestic abuse, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, and Torture
beckyremillard's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Car accident, Death, Medical content, Murder, and Torture
autiedragon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Torture, and Violence