Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Survive the Night by Riley Sager

94 reviews

sonygaystation's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I’m really not sure what I expected but I was curious how an entire book could be set just on a road trip with a potential serial killer while still being interesting. For someone who often guesses what happens/twists/etc easily and early on, this book caught me off guard. I had a fun time although it did feel flat in some places (ie the ending and certain characters) and rushed in others. I’d read it again just to see what it’s like knowing everything you know after finishing the book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

michaelanormand's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.75

every time i thought i was done calling charlie a dumb bitch i was wrong

edit: i just learned that this was written by a man. i now know why charlie was so fucking stupid

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

emmaegerb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Gaslighting, Grief, Body horror, Physical abuse, Blood, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

emmysforeverbooked's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I fear this book will now be taking up every inch of my brain for the next three business weeks.

Maybe it was just my own personal ignorance, but I truly don't think I saw anything that happened in this book coming. I felt so utterly engaged with every turn of the page that I truly felt whiplash every time something new would happen.

I struggle a lot with books that don't have romance. I just, I don't know, it's in my nature to just want a happy ending. Which I think is why I struggle with enjoying thriller/mystery books. But this one had a very tiny romance subplot and it was just strong enough to have me not caring that there wasn't a ton of romance in this book.

This review has been all over the place but I end it by saying this: pick up this book. The only negative thing I have to say is that the first 40% or so is very slow-paced. I stuck it out and I am so glad I did because this might now be my favorite read of the year. 

Riley Sager, I need you to make this book into a movie. It would truly and completely fix me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Murder, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide, Cursing, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Don't let all the content warnings I have listed scare you off. This book to me was no scarier than your average Criminal Minds episode. If you can handle true crime shows, you can handle this book.

books_hay's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Blood, Cancer, and Vomit

behindherpages's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident

lcm_xo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Character development was good for the most part, however it lacked background of one of the most crucial characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Gun violence

leahdanielle131's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Grief, Death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit, War, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

hunkydory'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Cancer, Suicide attempt, and Car accident

brookey8888's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-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

I actually enjoyed this a lot. I’m not going to lie some of it didn’t make the most sense and was added just for plot( I’m not going to spoil, but the 20 questions doesn’t make sense with what we learn later to me). I didn’t really guess any of this except one thing which I think was pretty obvious at that point. Charlie is kind of an idiot so if you don’t like reading about characters making stupid decisions then skip this one. That being said I did really like Charlie. 
I’ve said this in at least one of my reviews for Riley Sager, but he has a formula with the males and it’s easy to figure out if they’re going to be “good” or “bad”. As for the ending I liked it, but then something happened and I didn’t really like the “true ending”, which is why I didn’t round up to a four star. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence