Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

17 reviews

hannahpings's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

great construction. great case study (studies) in (un)reliable narration. whole lotta hill house references. maybe too many hill house references. who knew there was such a thing?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Suicide, Child death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Dementia and Grief

Minor: Stalking, Sexual content, and Adult/minor relationship

bookishchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really liked it, but I didn't love it enough to rate it 5 stars. The plot twists were pretty good (and unpredictable). I can't recall a single thing that happened in Final Girls, but I am going to remember this. It had some very creepy moments, and gothic horror vibes. Almost like Haunting of Hill House. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Gaslighting

sam_gartley91's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Wasn’t sure at first if I would like this book bc I’m not usually a big horror and thriller person but I do like a good murder mystery! I ended up liking this way more than I thought I would! How everything was revealed and who ultimately did it was really well done. The back and forth between the present with Maggie trying to figure out what happened and the book of her father’s take on the events and moving towards the final plot twist and reveal were great! So sad but interesting and kind of a was there any supernatural or just all playing of the darkness and imagination. Excited to read more book by this author!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Child death, Alcohol, and Dementia

melli29_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Violence, Suicide, Blood, Child death, Car accident, and Grief

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

spookychelle87's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Blood, Dementia, and Cancer

jessspeake's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Suicide, and Animal death

Minor: Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Alcohol

kfquarium's review

dark mysterious 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: Death, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Dementia, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, and Infidelity

julienicole1106's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, Cancer, Suicide, Vomit, Murder, Stalking, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Child abuse, Blood, and Death of parent

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book so much!! It was so spooky and atmospheric and I definitely want to read more of the authors work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Murder, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Self harm