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Behind the Red Door by Megan Collins

7 reviews

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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genxreadee's review against another edition

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

4.5

Tense thriller that leads you in different directions only to lead you back to the beginning.  
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anne311's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

the performance of the narrators was unbelievably good
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thespinystacks's review against another edition

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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? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This is a classic suspenseful, thriller-lite book. I truly enjoyed it. I think Megan Collins is a solid mystery writer who keeps you guessing. I’m sure there are people who feel they know twists all along, but I think there are enough red herrings, confusion and likely suspects it’s not an easy solve. 

** content warnings**
Child abuse, emotional abuse, homophobia
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For me, this puts Megan Collins as an auto buy / auto borrow, and I look forward to going back and reading her debut book.
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nerdynatreads's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

the way fern's anxiety is handled is so well done and infectious, where I was constantly anxious every time we turned a corner or uncovered a new suspect. 

how the story is unveiled was incredibly addicting to read, bc I would have one suspect, but then another piece of evidence would be revealed or a new memory would resurface and I'd suddenly hop on to the next suspect. This happened time and time again until the killer was finally revealed, and although I guessed who it was from early on, I wasn't angry, bc it was handled in such a fascinating way! 

this really pushed into a psychological thriller where you have to figure out whether you can trust fern's brain and her memories or if she may be leading you astray. It did have an unreliable narrator in that sense, which I ended up really loving. 

there was an additional surprise twist at the end which I felt pretty ambivalent about. Part of me was surprised, but part of me wasn't. 

finally, the ending itself left me a little unsatisfied. It's sort of ambiguous as to what the next steps will be for the protagonist in terms of the mystery, and I wasn't as big a fan of that. 
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arieloley's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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jilldwill's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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