Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Sluit alle deuren by Riley Sager, Roelof Posthuma

20 reviews

slimepuppy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.5

For the most part, this book was a 3 stars - nice atmosphere, lots of creepy ideas and potential that couldn't become something better because of the snail pace and how utterly predictable every twist and turn managed to be.

But the last twenty percent of the book changed it up enough to earn a 3.5 - it veered from the most obvious to something a little more on the realistic side, even if the message was sometimes heavy handed.

The book had some genuinely chilling moments, like realising the person you're texting is faking their identity, or realising someone had been inside your apartment while you were sleeping -

 it's so violating, the whole thing. The ending was another positive aspect, it felt very cathartic to watch things finally unfold.

Still not the best experience, though. It was very slow, and the main character was so. fucking. dumb. Oh my god. It was infuriating how she would simply forget a lesson she had just!! learned!! Overrall, just above OK, and I'm not sure I'd read another book by Riley Sager.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Body horror, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Cancer, and Medical content

harleysmiller's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

I loved this book! It was a fun mix of historical New York fiction and thriller/mystery. It’s always fun to try to put the pieces together in a mystery/thriller and this was no exception. The author did a great job of developing the MC’s backstory and creating a palpable creepy environment at the Bartholomew! Worth the read :) 

loved that Rufus ended up with the MC

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Terminal illness, Medical content, Suicide, Cancer, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

taelights's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

I decided to read this one because I recently read The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley and I saw some reviews comparing her book to this one. I really enjoyed The Paris Apartment and wanted more stories with similar vibes so I gave this one a chance and oh my god did I love this one. I got hooked so quickly. 

While I did figure out who was at fault and who couldn't be trusted pretty quickly the reason behind their actions shocked me and was something I didn't see coming. This was honestly such a great read and I had such a good time listening to it. This was my first Riley Sager book and I'll definitely be reading more by him in the future. 

The only reason I'm not giving this four stars is a thought a lot of Jules' actions where very dumb and I found myself sometimes getting very annoyed at her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Self harm, Kidnapping, Medical content, Stalking, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Suicide, and Violence

serendiptii's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I didn't expect much from this book, having heard only mixed reviews. It was pretty well paced, it got a little repetitive when it came to mentioning her family and Jane's disappearance (not a spoiler, its a running theme introduced in the beginning). The story only spans over 5 days, but it feels like longer; I found myself thinking, "wow did she really do this thing the same day?" 

I was however a little disappointed that we didn't get closure about Jane that we got for everyone else. I guess that just reflects on the reality of life, that you don't always get closure for everything and you have to move on.

The main character was a bit dumb and remained dumb throughout till the very last 20% where she redeems herself (out of the blue!) and it sort of feels like whiplash cuz you don't expect her to become smart in 5 days.

It was not a horror book but the author had the ability to create a very haunted atmosphere. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Cancer, Suicide, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, and Sexual content

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Trafficking, and Cancer

ripxw's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Medical trauma, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer and Infidelity

kylamo's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Suicide, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer

Heavily deals with missing persons

teresa_lynn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Cancer

kathkas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Stalking, Terminal illness, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Body horror, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

leahlovesloslibros's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was "unputdownable". The story kept me interested the whole time; I flew through it in less than 48 hours. There was one major plot point/character who I figured out as soon as we met them, but that didn't stop me from enjoying seeing how things played out with the story. This has been my favorite of Sager's books so far! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, and Drug use