Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

182 reviews

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, Physical abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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: Child death, Death, Grief, and Murder

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

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

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

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

c100's review against another edition

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: Child death, Death of parent, and Murder

nenaveenstra's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I didn't quite know how to place this book at first, because it plays into a lot of haunted house stereotypes - it reminded me a lot of the Netflix adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, and it references The Amityville Horror a couple of times - but it ended up being something totally different. It's more mystery than horror, and the reader isn't really allowed to be afraid of the ghosts. 

The second half was really good, though, and the twists and turns towards the end really surprised me (although I never really tried to solve the mystery in the first place). I had a good time with this one, though it will never be one of my favourites.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Child death

aliteracja's review against another edition

mysterious slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

samhackett'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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

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: Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

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

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, and Cursing

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, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting