Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

69 reviews

crystalleighwrites's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Addiction

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Gore, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Suicide

katbrookhart'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Murder

kyliieamberr's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, and Kidnapping

julied's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

isbn_reading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Alcoholism

Moderate: Kidnapping

map_to_neverland's review

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Addiction, Death, Suicide, Murder, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Grief, and Violence

alipreece's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Alcohol, Death, Suicide, Alcoholism, and Murder

saltycoffee's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Suicide attempt

shannananahey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Riley Sager hits it out of the park again. I usually predict the “twist” or large event before I’m halfway through most books. This one came out of left field and I never saw it coming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Alcoholism, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Kidnapping

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, and Physical abuse

aus10england's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

2.75

Perfectly serviceable thriller with some fun supernatural elements. Just couldn’t super get into this one unfortunately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, Murder, and Transphobia