Review: Lock Every Door - Riley Sager

Title: Lock Every Door
Author: Riley Sager
Published: July 2019
Source: Library checkout
Star Rating: 4

You've been offered a luxury apartment, rent free. The catch: you may not live long enough to enjoy it… 

No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents. These are the only rules for Jules Larson's new job as apartment sitter for an elusive resident of the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile private buildings and home to the super rich and famous. 

Recently heartbroken and practically homeless, Jules accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind. 

Out of place among the extremely wealthy, Jules finds herself pulled toward other apartment sitter Ingrid. But Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems and the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her. Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story - but the next day, her new friend has vanished. And then Jules discovers that Ingrid is not the first temporary resident to go missing… 

Welcome to the Bartholomew…You may never leave.
[Goodreads]

My Thoughts: 

This was my first Riley Sager, and I definitely had high expectations for this one. I know he’s a very well-loved author and this one was obviously getting a lot of buzz, so I was very eager to check it out for myself.

I really enjoyed the feeling and tone of this novel. It was disturbing and claustrophobic with an ever-growing feeling of suspense pushing it along. It quickly had me hooked and I was desperate to know what was happening. 

This was an entertaining thriller and I didn’t guess any of the twists which is always a win with me. I was expecting it to be creepier than it was after some of the reviews I’d read, but it was well-written and the pacing was done really well. The ending was definitely shocking, but it didn’t necessarily work for me. I can see why it is so well-loved, but it didn’t fully satisfy me especially after really enjoying the rest of the book so much. But I know that I’m definitely in the minority with that opinion!

Overall I would definitely like to read his other books – I really liked the writing style, the mystery kept me guessing and it was a fun read.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for this copy in exchange for my honest review. 

Thrillerathon Summer 2019

Thrillerathon is a biannual readathon hosted by Harriet Rosie where we read thrillers for an entire week! For this round, the dates are 19th August - 26th August (so if you're in the UK this includes the August Bank Holiday)

Harriet has always provided challenges you can choose your TBR around, although there is no pressure to do so. This year is a bit different as there will be a bingo card instead! I'm so excited for this, it looks fantastic! Please see Harriet's announcement video here for all the information.

So you can be super ambitious and choose 9 different books, or meet several challenges with the same book. This is definitely the approach I'm taking! I'm also having mainly my current library checkouts as my TBR to help me get through those reservations! 

My TBR is as follows: 

1. I Looked Away - Jane Corry

• Thriller with a trope you love
• A new to you author

2. Lock Every Door - Riley Sager

• Your most anticipated thriller 
• Newest thriller on your TBR

3. Who Killed Ruby? - Camilla Way

• Shortest thriller on your TBR

4. Platform Seven - Louise Doughty

• An author you've read before 
• The thriller with the creepiest cover

At the moment I haven't officially picked anything for the oldest thriller on my TBR. It's technically The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware, so we'll see if I end up getting to that (spoiler alert - I won't have time!) 

And for a host's favourite thriller (see the video for more information) I would go with Sleep by C.L Taylor, but again, I doubt I'll have time to get to that. But you never know...! 

Are you participating in Thrillerathon? Let me know! Find me on Instagram and Twitter to keep up with my progress.

Stacking the Shelves 10th Aug 2019

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews and Reading Reality. It lets bloggers show their latest book hauls!

Library Checkouts

1. The Holiday - T.M. Logan
2. The Doctor - Lisa Stone
3. Someone We Know - Shari Lapena
4. Lock Every Door - Riley Sager

Short and sweet this week - I feel like things have got a bit crazy these last few weeks with all my library checkouts and NetGalley copies! It feels like everything has come in at once, do you guys ever feel like that?!

Please link your posts down below! I love seeing what everyone is adding to their TBR piles!