Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

26 reviews

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

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

readingtotravel's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Suicide, and Torture

arebs's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

Freida McFadden writes in a way that keeps you hooked from page one. Even though Nora isn’t the most lovable character, you know she’s the way she is because of her childhood. I have to say the twist ruined everything that was built up for me, I actually laughed out loud at the reveal and the dialogue that followed. Regardless, I had an amazing time reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Medical content

Moderate: Body horror, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Pregnancy

angie11290's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood, and Pregnancy

pairswellwithbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

lbarnhill3's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

4.0

This book was fantastic!! If not for the voice actor’s performance, I would have given this 5 stars. 

I found the voice actor’s voice to be quite whiny and nasal. I feel there could have been a bit more effort in vocally differentiating the characters during the performance. But again, just my opinion. 

The story was great! I was only slightly off on who I suspected the killer to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

sarahl0726's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty

brittanylee0302's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC! 

Me thinking I got a Freida book figured out is so laughable. I picked out a person in the beginning & halfway through & neither were it. This is a HIGHLY underrated Freida McFadden book. This one kept me from putting it down at almost every chapter, I felt like I just had to get to the bottom of it with all the twists & turns! I thought the more of her books I read, the easier it would be to pick out the culprit early on, jokes on me though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Suicide

Minor: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

mrsmishler's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty