Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Sluit alle deuren by Riley Sager, Roelof Posthuma

27 reviews

emmaegerb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Blood

kayelina's review against another edition

mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Body horror, Gore, and Suicide

Minor: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Trafficking, Medical content, Confinement, Death of parent, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Grief

anna_mac's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

I was certain for the first 1/2-3/4 of this book that it would be a 2 or 3 star read at best. The characters felt boring and predictable, as did the story, and when you [seemingly] get the big twist it’s kind of a let down. But don’t you worry, folks, it ain’t over yet! What a wild turn of events in those final chapters. Of course I still feel like more work could’ve been done in the first half(ish) of the book to make certain things less obvious, but in the end it still got me. 
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Riley, my guy, let’s talk. Stop making your leading lady sleep with the bad guy. It’s a dead giveaway. As SOON as that went down I knew he was the villain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical content, Sexual content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is my third book by Riley Sager and the one that has been recommended to me the most. I know this is many people’s favourite by this author, but while I enjoyed it, I wouldn’t say it was my favourite.

I usually shy away from books with medical content and the last third of the book was so heavy on this topic I felt sick to my stomach. And the FMC was such a limp noodle/damsel in distress—a trope that I found myself constantly being frustrated by. She was so downtrodden that being a final girl never really paid off in the end.

The tension and twists were effective, making it a thriller I didn’t want to put down, so overall I would recommend it if you already are a fan of this genre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Suicide, Murder, Infidelity, Death of parent, Classism, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Grief, Death, and Body horror

Minor: Alcohol

brookebatesratesbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking and Body horror

alreads13's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Suicide, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

ashleynewman's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

Book club pick. I guessed the villain(s) pretty early on and it was very easy to piece together the connection to

old Mr. Bartholomew

and

Cornelia

. REGARDLESS, it’s very good writing and I didn’t guess the final twist. I was up all night and that’s a mark of a good thriller in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, and Suicide

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

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