Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

81 reviews

nirellis's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Riley Sager strikes again. I was so terrified reading this I had to stop reading it before bed and start reading in the daylight. A classic Riley Sager thriller, they’ve become an instant-buy for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, and Stalking

Minor: Self harm and Gaslighting

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Chronic illness

Caution if you're triggered by snakes.

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Mediocre writing and with unoriginal horror, but the plot twist was very well crafted. The book did manage to creep me out, but just a little.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

dev921's review against another edition

dark slow-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Murder, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Stalking, and Violence

amris'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Dementia, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

bertrandlm's review

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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Dementia

c100's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Murder

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Honestly this book was such a fun time! The back and forth between chapters work so well. And I love how each chapter correlated with the present events that the main character was going through. I personally found the whole book entertaining. Even the twist at the end, even though it was pretty messy. I still enjoyed it. And it did spook me a little bit too!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking, Child death, Suicide, Alcohol, and Body shaming

Minor: Cursing, Cancer, and Adult/minor relationship

cyndi1966's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Stalking, Violence, and Suicide

islesbiyana's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship