Alexis Hallo
After the amazing final girls and the last time I lied I was severely disappointed by this 3rd outing. I felt it was very poorly paced and the plot was bland and predictable. Unlike the other two I had this pretty much wrapped up a 3rd of the way through. As exciting as the ending was the build up was just lackluster. And real question why does the author set up a side mystery that HE NEVER RESOLVES. Like the drowning death of a former Olympic level swimmer in The last time I lied and now the mystery of Jane. its really frustrating to end a book where a major plot point is never resolved. This is by no means a bad book just a let down compared to the two previous.
Becky Baldridge
Lock Every Door felt a little like a trip inside a Hitchcock story. It has a haunting atmosphere and a steadily rising tension that kept me turning those pages to see where it would all go. It's a slow burn story, and so many seemingly innocuous things happen that it's easy to slip into a comfortable, easy feeling. Then, we go back to present day and Jules' circumstances snap us back into that feeling of unease, of guessing what led to those circumstances. Now, here's where I tell you that I'm hard to get. I usually see the big reveal coming at least in part. Not this time. Not even an inkling. And I hate to admit it, but there were hints. It's one of those hindsight things. It was all crystal clear once I knew the secret. There were so many way this one could have gone, and I thought I had guessed all of them. Nope, that reveal sneaked right up on me. I love it when that happens! All in all, this one is another great read from Riley Sager. It's atmospheric, filled with creepy characters, and the more you read, the faster you want to read.
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