Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Sluit alle deuren by Riley Sager, Roelof Posthuma

17 reviews

sam_maree's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious

• 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Alcohol, Cursing, Medical content, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Classism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Torture

Moderate: Car accident, Trafficking, Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Self harm

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Alcohol

aus10england's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Oooh what a fun ride! I don’t mind a simple thriller, something you can digest without feeling overwhelmed and that made this an enjoyable read for me. 

Loved the setting, it felt very vivid, and the last chunk of the book really turned up the pace and had me rooting for the main character!

Some of the main character’s choices were VERY questionable, so some disbelief had to be suspended, but at least their choices were well written. 

Would recommend for the casual thriller reader! Those who are obsessed with the genre I could see tearing into this book, buy I’m just hear for the spooky vibes. 

Def curious to check out Sagers other work!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Torture, and Trafficking

Minor: Alcohol

bookishgoob's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

this was very entertaining. i have some problems with the way sager writes and the pacing of his stories but he has good stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

candacem's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

justnei's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

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