Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

5 reviews

astareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

If you, like me, are thinking of reading this because you expect the story to be more thriller than horror, then know that I was looking over my shoulder and scared until I was about into 60% the book. I'm a scaredy cat when it comes to ghost stories!

There were a lot of twists and turns at the last 40%, so much so that it felt a little too much to be plausible even though I enjoyed the reading experience.

That said, I think I'll rather take my crime stories without the added supernatural elements thankyouverymuch.

PS. The name has nothing to do with anything. That's annoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Suicide, and Child death

Minor: Death of parent, Car accident, Dementia, and Self harm

nirellis's review against another edition

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

andrear's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.75

baby’s first thriller 😳

this was wild, sager had me in the palm of his hand throughout the whole thing. I believed all the twists and turns and fell into thinking I had figured it out exactly the ways I’m sure he wanted me to. & the twist got me. A good time!!

(Full disclosure the only reason I’m hesitant to give this a full 5 is bc I don’t have anything else of the genre to compare this to, but it was definitely fun)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness

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

beccam22's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The haunting of hill house but with the setting of crimson peak. Overall it was fine, I didn’t find it original at all but it was an entertaining read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Self harm