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Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
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“The twelfth floor is special�

Lock Every Door is about a girl name Jules, who wakes up in a hospital after being hit by a car. She is twenty-five, recently single, and very much struggling with money. But then she gets an opportunity to apartment sit in a very rich and exclusive complex in Manhattan.

All of the floors in the apartment complex have four units, except for the twelfth floor, which only has two, and one of those units happen to be the one that needs apartment sitting. Basically, our main character, Jules, will earn 4,000 a month, for three months, but no one is allowed in the apartment besides herself, and she is also expected to not get close to any of the other tenants, since they are mostly high profile celebrities who value their privacy.

Jules accepts, without question, even though the secrecy does give her a strange vibe. The new endeavor also takes a strange twist when the author of the book that she and her sister (who has been missing for almost a decade) obsessed over, Heart of the Dreamer, lives in the apartment complex. But Jules quickly befriends a couple other apartment sitters, who seem to know more information about this too good to be true offer they have all accepted.

You quickly meet many of the residents of this apartment, but when one goes missing, you will start to question it all, right along side Jules. And my favorite part of this story, was getting to know all of the players in this game and trying to piece together their probable motives. And honestly? I really loved reading the twists and turns, right up until the very end, sadly.

I didn’t like the end of this book, which I feel like is a very unpopular opinion. I just feel like it took a lot of inspiration from a very famous, award winning movie. I can’t tell you which movie, without completely spoiling the twist, but it was just too apparent for my liking and honestly just really ruined the ending for me. (view spoiler)

Overall, this was a fun reading experience for the most part. This was my second book by the author, and I feel like he has a very captivating writing style that not only keeps you on your toes with guessing, but makes it almost impossible to not read his book in one sitting, because you never want to put it down.

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Content and Trigger Warnings: talk of being cheated on in the past, talk of loss of a loved one in the past, self-harm (fire + hand), talk of past suicide, talk of cancer, and murder.

[EXTRA:] Holy moly, !

Buddy read with Becky & Madison Mary! �
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Reading Progress

June 7, 2019 – Shelved as: to-read
June 7, 2019 – Shelved
June 11, 2019 – Shelved as: arc
June 11, 2019 – Shelved as: book-expo-2019
June 11, 2019 – Shelved as: adult
June 11, 2019 – Shelved as: mystery
June 11, 2019 – Shelved as: thriller
July 3, 2019 – Started Reading
July 3, 2019 – Shelved as: buddy-reads
July 3, 2019 – Shelved as: read-in-2019
July 3, 2019 – Shelved as: signed
July 3, 2019 –
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30.18% "I love books about books. 😊"
July 4, 2019 – Finished Reading

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Krystal Clarice I just finished it yesterday. Slow but enticing. The ending was simple but still had me saying “No way!�. A realistic thriller


Tonya Wooten I love it!


Octothorpe Reader Leora K If I read your review, I cannot help but wonder if this is not another over-hyped book?


Susanne The ending was terrible! The book was a five star read right up until that point! So sorry you didn’t like it either!


Juani I didn't even realise the ending was so similar to Get Out and still it just didn't do it for me.Kept me interested,but the ending definitely brought down the overall enjoyment the book gave me.


Jessica Same.


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Selena Great review Melanie! 💕


Melanie Krystal wrote: "I just finished it yesterday. Slow but enticing. The ending was simple but still had me saying “No way!�. A realistic thriller"

💖


Melanie Ⓐℳ� ( prononced Ⓐh-ℳe�) ♔AntiExpensive books ProHiddengems Queen� wrote: "AMYzing review, Melanie."

Thank you, bb! 💖


Melanie Octothorpe Reader Leora K wrote: "If I read your review, I cannot help but wonder if this is not another over-hyped book?"

I mean, I'm not a huge thriller reader, so I feel bad saying yes... but maybe? 💖


Melanie Susanne wrote: "The ending was terrible! The book was a five star read right up until that point! So sorry you didn’t like it either!"

Hehehe, you get me, love! 💖


Melanie Jessica wrote: "Same."

book twins, always. 💖


Melanie Selena wrote: "Great review Melanie! 💕"

Thank you, love! 💖


Safia Mohamed I love it


message 16: by Dani (new) - rated it 3 stars

Dani N Wow! How did I not make the film connection? You are 110% right on that.


Elizabeth Wedding You hit the nail on the head comparing this book to that well known movie. I had the exact same thought after reading it, except this book is much less compelling. Missed opportunity in my opinion as I felt it could have leaned in a little harder to the class dynamics and actually given it some bite.


Noreen Machelle I didn't even think of the movie but now that you mentioned it, it solidifies my thoughts. All I could think of it H.H Holmes and the murder house. It's basically that and Get Out meshed together.


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