Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

36 reviews

julianh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia

midnightgremlin's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Murder, Dementia, Death of parent, and Suicide

violetsonata93's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious

5.0

This was such a fun read! A perfect book for fall, with twists and turns and spookiness and family drama, kept me guessing until the very end. I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Suicide, Gaslighting, Murder, Dementia, Alcohol, Death, and Vomit

kaylasbookgram's review

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

5.0

When I read Lock Every Door I wasn’t super impressed with Riley Sager but decided to give his books another chance and I’m so glad I did! 

This book was amazing! Kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time & had a surprise ending I should’ve seen coming but definitely didn’t. And I’m always here for a surprise ending! This is a haunted house type book which made me nervous because I don’t believe in ghost and the last “ghost” story I read I wasn’t a fan of but Sager definitely wrote this one magnificently and had me shaking in my seat! I highly recommend this one if you haven’t read it yet. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Murder, and Suicide

shereadsmysteries's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

mm_1996's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Suicide, Dementia, Blood, Grief, and Murder

inkdrinkermal's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.5

I wanted this to be more than it was. I wanted it to be scarier, have more ghosts, more twists, more anticipation and unease

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Dementia

hapalyn's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gaslighting, Child death, Death, and Dementia

serendiptii's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

I have been looking for a book like this ever since I watched the Haunting of Hill House. 

This was everything I was looking for in a haunted house book. I am SUCH a fan. 

All the twists were neatly dealt with, I could not see them coming and all loose ends tied up really well. Just when you think it ended, there's another thing waiting for you at the turn. It felt like I was travelling up a mountain with (scary) hairpin bend roads. 

 

The one thing that I still haven't found the explanation for is the chandelier lighting up every so often. I am sure it is all fiction in House of Horrors (but also wasn't addressed) but during Maggie's time, I believe that it is a wiring issue, but I am still not convinced because it never gets addressed beyond that. The only reason I found it worth mentioning is because there is a lit up chandelier right on the cover and I'm still really curious. 

 

Just brilliant writing all around, I loved it so much, quick read from Page 1. I started it 2 days ago and tried to take it slow cuz I was enjoying it so much and wouldn't read at night because I get scared easy (only at night!) and I finished 60% of the book in one day. Phew. Only a great author can give you a fast-paced read and a 2 in 1 horror novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder, Dementia, Child death, and Cancer

toorsdenote's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Solid ghost story, cool plot twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Car accident, Chronic illness, Dementia, and Vomit