Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Sluit alle deuren by Riley Sager, Roelof Posthuma

69 reviews

traciereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Murder, Death, Classism, Blood, Abandonment, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Trafficking

Minor: Alcohol, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Slavery, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Drug use

rhgrimes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Stalking, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

stefpntny's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Trafficking, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Stalking, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cancer, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Kidnapping, Dementia, and Car accident

couponqueen's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Suicide

growintogardens'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I figured everything out at the beginning of the book, so a bit disappointed, but it's got some good tense moments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Trafficking

Moderate: Confinement, Toxic friendship, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, Medical trauma, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infidelity, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Alcohol

bessadams's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Trafficking, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Classism, Grief, Suicide, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

randilion28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

This is my first Riley Sager book - I started Final Girls Support Group but I had to put a pause on it because I wasn't captivated like I have been in the other books I've read recently, I need to be in the mood for it. 

I thought this book was fantastic. I related to the main character because I KNOW how tough it is to be so financially f***** that you have to make decisions you normally wouldn't. Decisions that are screaming RED FLAG but on the other hand you hear nothing but GREEN MONEY 🤑 

I felt the pace was good and I truly had no idea where it was going. Normally I can guess what I think the plot of the story is and I had SOME ideas... But when you get to what's really going on... My mouth dropped! Would definitely recommend reading this, and it has me interested in reading more by Sager. I think I'm going to read "The Only One Left" next and then try to finish the Final Girls Support Group... If it's anything like this one... I know it will be worth picking it back up to read! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

romorel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Another Sager title under my belt, this story was another compelling and suspenseful experience.

The hints build comfortably, but unlike other Sager thrillers my experience was simply “being along for the ride”. This book took twists and turns I absolutely did not see coming, but once uncovered made me nod appreciatively at the well paced “Chekhov’s Guns”. The execution was fantastic. 

So much so that I’m writing this at 1:50AM on a Thursday and given myself a headache from staying up too late. 

Sager’s characters are easy to connect with, though one thing I often notice with his protagonists is that I have no idea what they look like besides being “unremarkable” brunettes.

Overall a very satisfying story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Medical content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Trafficking, Car accident, Blood, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

jhabelita's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

Read this in less than 24 hours! The kind of stress and panic that I need. Nothing beats a book you read in one sitting. 👍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Murder, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

doodlebeanz's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I was pretty let down by this book. After reading Sager's 'Only One Left', I was SO excited to pick up any other book by him that I could get my hands on and Lock Every Door was available via Libby and I jumped at the opportunity. Unfortunately, it fell relatively flat for me. It had so much potential which was the biggest let down to me personally. Sometimes books just suck and don't have any redeeming factors, but this book DID!

I could see the plot twist a mile away, nearly figuring it all out before I even got halfway through the book which was odd considering Only One Left kept me guessing until the bitter end... maybe I put too much pressure on this book and comparing it to it's book sibling is wrong to do, but it's impossible for me not to do! 

This book, like many thrillers nowadays, was tied up nicely and too quickly.

Like what happened to Jane? Why do we never find out? Also, it was just so easy for Nick to kill himself... like oh how coincidental that he decided to do that...

I don't know, it just felt too perfect in the end and it bothered me. I also would've loved a

chapter or two from Nick's POV. I love a dual pov story, and I think that may have been what was lacking with this story. I don't know if Sager often does dual/multiple POVs in his books, but this one would have benefited from someone else's POV since Jules' got repetitive and her naivety started to irk me.

That being said, the book was good; it kept me entertained and I couldn't put it down, I also didn't find myself skimming as much as I usually do. It didn't scare me, it didn't really freak me out *too* much, but the writing of such a spooky and creepy building was incredible! I also love that it's based on the Dakota since I see that building daily and now it looks so different to me lol!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Classism, Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent