The Door

Asks interesting and hard-hitting moral and ethical questions, particularily of the values of friendship and privacy, but I didn't exactly fall in love with the narrative built around these questions. The main characters themselves were interesting with flaws that expressed well the overarching themes of the novel, but a lot of the peripheral events and characters seemed a bit superfluous to me. I also found it to be a bit overbearing in its attempt to evoke sad or sympathetic feelings, and if it had been made into a Hollywood movie, it would definitly be labeled as a “Oscar-bait” tearjerker.

Nontheless, it was a quick and accessible read, and it is definitly worth your time even if it wasn't my particular cup of tea.