Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

29 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 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

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

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

deanchaudhri's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Classic mystery-thriller. Enjoyed some of the horror elements but felt *very* tropey at times. Probably one too many plot twists & that made it less effective, but overall was a fun read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Suicide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, and Grief

kfquarium's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Dementia, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, and Infidelity

julienicole1106's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, Cancer, Suicide, Vomit, Murder, Stalking, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Child abuse, Blood, and Death of parent

robin_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.0

In the beginning it felt like "Haunting of Hill House" but the Netflix Series, not the book. It was eerie, kept you interested and felt just right.
The first twist that was revealed was still interesting and added to the story but

to explain all the supernatural looking events with one too many weird people who had access to the house really just disappointed me greatly.

The last third of the book was a huge let down to me. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

its_erin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

My first Sager book, and it was very enjoyable! 

I enjoyed the format Sager utilized, the "book" chapters juxtaposed with the current story. While I found the beginning to be a little slow, the pace quickly accelerated and the tension increases as we delved further into the mystery. 

And I can't say I predicted the ending, that's for sure. All in all, solid writing, a great mystery, and just enough uncanny unsettling feelings to make you nervous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Death of parent

shereadsmysteries's review

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