Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

20 reviews

chireadsandchill'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Addiction, Grief, Infidelity, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Suicide attempt, and Violence

celery's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Violence, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

nabzilla's review against another edition

⭐️⭐️

I was really enjoying the book for its mystery and thriller. I was loving guessing who is responsible for the disappearance of Catherine and curious to see how the author would reveal these to us. But the “twist” ruined any ounce of enjoyment I had in the book. It felt very lazy and not at all well thought out.

I think explaining away all of the issues that arose in the book as a spirit possessing the body just doesn’t sit right with this genre. It doesn’t make sense. For instance, this negates the suspense that was built earlier in the book where Catherine drowned to begin with. However, the other twists about Len being a serial killer and the FMC killing him was interesting. I just wish it was done differently.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Alcoholism

peyviz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this book enough to give it 4 stars. the plot twists were all crazy and unexpected. you'd think you had it figured out and then it jerked you the opposite direction. almost a little too many plot twists, could have done with one less, but that's ok. I didn't particularly enjoy the

supernatural element that came into play

but it slightly redeemed itself at the end.

I wish Casey died in the water, I would have liked to see how that played out lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Death, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, and Infidelity

Minor: Drug use and Suicide

slaywithsteph's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

There’s no such thing as happily ever after. There’s only happy for a short period of time before everything falls apart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Grief, Alcoholism, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Stalking

Minor: Drug use

mjstokes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Addiction

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide

infjkiki's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Alcohol, Grief, Confinement, Stalking, Alcoholism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug abuse

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, and Infidelity

joshi_the_pumpkin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Alcohol, Addiction, Violence, and Alcoholism

annabulkowski's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Drug use, Alcohol, Cursing, and Addiction

eilseleslie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Death, Stalking, Infidelity, Self harm, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Murder, and Suicide