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A review by jessica42980
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
5.0
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This review will appear on my site on October 27, 2021.
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Jules is down on her luck and gets the opportunity of a lifetime: To apartment sit an empty apartment for 3 months for $12,000. It seems like a dream come true with the easiest job in the world… until this dream job becomes a nightmare.
The rules seem a little strange, and she meets a couple more apartment sitters in the building, and fan girl moment: the author of her favorite book lives in the Bartholomew (which didn’t go as she hoped). Jules gets to know fellow apartment sitter Ingrid a little bit, but then out of nowhere, she disappears. And then things start not feeling right for Jules. Jules becomes determined to figure out what is going on. And she starts learning about the Bartholomew’s infamous history.
Let me just say this: Riley Sager is a frickin’ genius! For most of the novel this was a solid 4 star read for me…And then we get to the last 20% and HOLY CRAP! This is the third of Sager’s books I have read, and will soon read his other two, and so far Lock Every Door is my favorite of his! I never would have guessed what was coming in that final act of the novel! That last 20% becomes the horror I was waiting for in this one! Sager is fast becoming a new favorite author of mine! He looks to become an autobuy author that soon as I find out he has a new book coming out I will order it, not even knowing what it is about!
You can’t really say much about Lock Every Door other than what I already said without spoiling that last act. This is one where you need to know next to nothing going into reading. Do yourself a favor and pick up Lock Every Door now!
Lock Every Door is very highly recommended!
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This review will appear on my site on October 27, 2021.
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Jules is down on her luck and gets the opportunity of a lifetime: To apartment sit an empty apartment for 3 months for $12,000. It seems like a dream come true with the easiest job in the world… until this dream job becomes a nightmare.
The rules seem a little strange, and she meets a couple more apartment sitters in the building, and fan girl moment: the author of her favorite book lives in the Bartholomew (which didn’t go as she hoped). Jules gets to know fellow apartment sitter Ingrid a little bit, but then out of nowhere, she disappears. And then things start not feeling right for Jules. Jules becomes determined to figure out what is going on. And she starts learning about the Bartholomew’s infamous history.
Let me just say this: Riley Sager is a frickin’ genius! For most of the novel this was a solid 4 star read for me…And then we get to the last 20% and HOLY CRAP! This is the third of Sager’s books I have read, and will soon read his other two, and so far Lock Every Door is my favorite of his! I never would have guessed what was coming in that final act of the novel! That last 20% becomes the horror I was waiting for in this one! Sager is fast becoming a new favorite author of mine! He looks to become an autobuy author that soon as I find out he has a new book coming out I will order it, not even knowing what it is about!
You can’t really say much about Lock Every Door other than what I already said without spoiling that last act. This is one where you need to know next to nothing going into reading. Do yourself a favor and pick up Lock Every Door now!
Lock Every Door is very highly recommended!