Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

153 reviews

rrrbkh's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Mental illness, Death, Dementia, and Child death

sydneylmeyer7's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Murder, Death, and Child death

caityg22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Murder

Minor: Alcohol

marpaige's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Murder, and Death

mstall_'s review against another edition

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

4.0

I'm happy to share that I am officially a Riley Sagar fan. For years I have been unable to get into his writing style, specifically the frequent and repetitive 3-5 word sentences in the middle of a passage to add drama, always something like "but I can't." or "I'll never leave." It's clear that is a signature style for him and one I had a hard time getting in to. I thought I would never actually like a Riley Sagar book.

Until I finally did. (See what I did there?)

I absolutely loved Home Before Dark. This story was exactly the kind of twisty, turny, ghosty book you find yourself craving on a chilly night. The story is about a family of three who buy an abandon mansion in the Vermont woods that was the sight of

brutal father on daughter killings throughout the years

. The family only lasts 20 days in the house before fleeing in the middle of the night, terrified. Twenty five years later, the now adult daughter Maggie comes home to face the ghosts and ghouls of her family’s past. 

If you dream of fixing up an old Victorian with "good bones", despite the probability that it already has some spectral residents, you'll absolutely love this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Child death

Snakes are mentioned frequently, just in case you had a phobia

katsherms's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Violence, and Murder

kirstyyreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Alcohol, Child death, Murder, and Violence

chasingpages1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Death of parent, Death, Dementia, Gaslighting, Stalking, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cancer, Cursing, and Religious bigotry

amyyp's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I couldn’t read it at night because it made me paranoid and scared 😂 Did not see the end coming! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Dementia

liz4rd's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Child death and Suicide