17.7k reviews for:

The House Across the Lake

Riley Sager

3.51 AVERAGE

bookaddictsanon's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nelsonea08's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It took me a little bit to get into but it does pick up, multiple twists the ending is a bit far fetch for me but I still enjoyed it!

charnster's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chrissycim's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

iamnotamber's review against another edition

3.0

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I'll start by saying that the spooky-but-cozy lake vibes are immaculate. Listen, it was good. I was hooked. I finished it. But the end kinda felt like a betrayal. Like the first plot twist was great but then the second one at the very end? It feels annoying for the same reason that the end of How I Met Your Mother is annoying
Overall I enjoyed it but I also can't bring myself to give it more than 3 stars. Maybe 3.5 if that was an option.

julieannetta's review against another edition

3.25

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Loved it right up until the reveal and that lost it for me. 

nrhayes16's review against another edition

3.0

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: Yes

lauren_dayle's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

runreadrepeat21's review against another edition

3.25

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I’ve had read reviews feeling betrayed by the books 3/4 of the way through and felt the same way. I was talking chalking up the feedback to “story she told herself” but felt like this went beyond that scope.

I always do enjoy Riley’s books and actually picked up this by accident.  I did enjoy the turns throughout the book and felt like 3.25 is a fair review 

iwa_chan55's review against another edition

4.25

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes