Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Survive the Night by Riley Sager

5 reviews

jess4276's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The first 3/4 of this book was slow. The plot twists were nicely done. There are 3 major plot twists: the first was a good twist, the second was kind of meh, but the third....I literally gasped out loud. I'm good at figuring stuff out early in books but this third twist threw me and that is the main reason I rated the book as high as I did. I rate books based on how entertained I was and the fact that an author could make me gasp took it from a 3 star to a 4 star. But I wouldn't recommend it just for that twist. Overall, it was about a 3. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Torture, and Car accident

emmysforeverbooked's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I fear this book will now be taking up every inch of my brain for the next three business weeks.

Maybe it was just my own personal ignorance, but I truly don't think I saw anything that happened in this book coming. I felt so utterly engaged with every turn of the page that I truly felt whiplash every time something new would happen.

I struggle a lot with books that don't have romance. I just, I don't know, it's in my nature to just want a happy ending. Which I think is why I struggle with enjoying thriller/mystery books. But this one had a very tiny romance subplot and it was just strong enough to have me not caring that there wasn't a ton of romance in this book.

This review has been all over the place but I end it by saying this: pick up this book. The only negative thing I have to say is that the first 40% or so is very slow-paced. I stuck it out and I am so glad I did because this might now be my favorite read of the year. 

Riley Sager, I need you to make this book into a movie. It would truly and completely fix me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Murder, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide, Cursing, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Don't let all the content warnings I have listed scare you off. This book to me was no scarier than your average Criminal Minds episode. If you can handle true crime shows, you can handle this book.

hotscarysummer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Mental illness, Violence, Car accident, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Gore, and Medical trauma

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

cheyreads's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I could not put down this book. Some aspects of it was predictable but that didn’t take away from the book itself. I would definitely would recommend that you a lot enough time to finish this book in one sitting because you definitely won’t want to put it down.  The descriptions really brought everything to life and made it so vivid. And there definitely was a couple unexpected plot twists that I didn’t expect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

mandy_reads's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual assault