Synopsis
Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2022
They'd like to be going out. Instead they're stuck in...
Best friends Ellen and Alexa have always been close. Until one fateful morning when they get locked in their attic with hapless housemate Jack and Alexa's date from the night before, Ben.
With no way out, hangovers and the hours crawling by, it seems best friends can get too close for comfort. Especially when Ellen realises she already knows Ben - perhaps rather better than Alexa does...
Fans of Dolly Alderton, Beth O'Leary and Mhairi McFarlane will LOVE this oh-so relatable tale of love, landlords and what can happen behind locked doors.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9781405949521
- Number of pages: 384
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 23 mm
- Weight: 266g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
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Romcom in an attic!
When I first read the blurb on this I was intrigued as to how a whole book could be based around 4 people being locked in a loft, so I just had to read it ... READ MORE
I giggled my way through sections of the book
After a night out with work, Ellen awakes feeling rather rough. If she thought her day couldn’t get any worse she was wrong. There is water flooding the ki... READ MORE
Quirky
This started really well and introduced the characters and situation really well, I couldn’t quite understand why they had access to the loft considering i... READ MORE
Funny and inventive
Who’d have thought it was possible to compile an entire book based around a group of friends being stuck in an attic room but that’s exactly what has been ... READ MORE
A lock in with a difference
The Lock In combines three housemates, a flooding kitchen, a Hinge date and a broken door handle as the basis for its plot where ultimately, we witness fou... READ MORE
Not as exciting as the blurb promises...
Thanks to Michael Joseph for letting me read this book in advance. Unfortunately The Lock In wasn't really my kind of book - I'm not a big fan of commercia... READ MORE
Not quite what I expected!
The idea of this book is what drew me in. I was expecting a hilarious tale of the housemates’ attempts to escape the attic whilst battling a hangover and t... READ MORE
Slow
I couldn’t get into this book and didn’t relate to the characters. I found it boring and slow paced, and I struggled to finish it.
Thanks to NetGalley and ... READ MORE
Funny and brilliant, enjoy I did
Trapped in the loft with your best friend, her new boyfriend and your new housemate.
The frustrations, circumstances and history make it a fun read. Very m... READ MORE
Very witty!
An interesting idea for a story when 3 housemates, plus a date that stayed overnight, get stuck in the attic of the house they live in! It all starts with... READ MORE
A perfect holiday read
I really enjoyed this book-it’s perfect feelgood,light reading material for times when you want to be cheered up and not too challenged by what you read.
I... READ MORE
A fun read
The Lock In is a funny, entertaining story about three housemates and a boyfriend who accidentally get locked in the attic. It’s the morning after a a heav... READ MORE
Laugh out loud funny!
I thoroughly enjoyed this 'locked-room' rom-com and honestly found it to be so so relatable at times, as a fellow 27 year old living in South London. Told... READ MORE
Light-hearted and amusing
Ellen and Alexa are best friends who share a house along with their housemate Jack. While suffering a horrible hangover Ellen discovers that the kitchen i... READ MORE
Fluffy Read
This book really took me back - to evenings on MSN as a teenager, the agony of making new friends at Uni, the horror of moving into a grungy London flatsha... READ MORE
a fantastic four-star read
The Lock in by Phoebe Luckhurst a fantastic four-star read. I will be honest it took me a while to like the characters and get into the story, but once I d... READ MORE
Threeroomates & Date
This Book is about three flatmates plus a date who get stuck in the loft after there kitchen floods and the handle comes off the door ,
Will they get out... READ MORE
Fun Read!
The title, The Lock In, really pulled me to request this book, and though it wasn't about a lock in , in its truest sense, the story was a cringy gigglefes... READ MORE
Different
I wasn't sure about the premise of this book. Four hungover people trapped in an attic? The first few chapters seemed to be scene settling and once the c... READ MORE
Didn't live up to expectations
When I first heard about The Lock In, I was so excited to read it. I thought this is going to be hysterical but sadly it all felt a little flat for me.
I... READ MORE
Nothing to do with Covid. Enjoy I did
Trapped in the loft with your best friend, her new boyfriend and your new housemate.
The frustrations, circumstances and history make it a fun read. Very m... READ MORE
ARC
Whilst nursing The Hangover from Hell, Ellen stumbles downstairs to discover the kitchen slowly filling with water. Panic quickly sets in, and the three fl... READ MORE
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