Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

59 reviews

bubblevic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

My first Freida McFadden book and I'm impressed!
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I was contemplating on reading her books because everyone was hyping her up so much and I didn't want to be disappointed...
But now that I did I understand all the praise!

McFadden has a really nice way of writing. I found it so easy to get into the book and the story, it took me by surprise!
I rarely have it that I finish a book in one day, but that was crazy.

Nora is kind of an untrustworthy narrator.
I sometimes really questioned her: did she really do it? What is happening??
I didn't guess one single thing in this plot and was shocked at what happened! But it all made sense.

I'm glad she found her happy ending!!
The little letter from Harper at the end doesn't really surprise me tbh... I wonder if theres a following book in plan! I could imagine it.
But to conclude: I'm glad this was my first book from this author! It was mysterious, fast paced and very breath taking. I couldn't put it down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Minor: Self harm

rsagarin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lindsayvale's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence

laurenbaggy's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

charlotte_helen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Another gripping thriller from Freida McFadden with lots of twists, turns and tension to keep you guessing until the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

keeparas's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.75

I probably would have rated this book a 4.5 if I read it instead of listening to it. The narrator ruined a lot of this book. The storyline itself is a classic McFadden with a twist I thought I figured out, but didn't see coming. One of her better ones, honestly. But the narrator was horrible. She made the characters sound angry and argumentative the entire time. I will definitely be staying away from books narrated by her in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.75

Why am I reading these books that clearly aren’t for me?

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

just_klaudia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

dynamicdylan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

This my first book by this author and it won't be the last. This was still a good book and the author's writing kept me wanting to read more. However, it did go in a direction that isn't that original. I didn't guess the murderer, however.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail