Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

58 reviews

juanat77's review

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Addiction, Cursing, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Confinement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Gore, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

stephaniezd's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

What a twist! I should know what to expect from Riley Sager by now, but it always catches me off guard. Loved this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Vomit, Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Murder, and Stalking

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

romorel's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

My third Sager thriller since December,  this may be my favourite in terms of technical construction. The plot builds steadily, opening up questions for the reader early on that will keep the reader guessing til the end. 

Sager delivers excellent and satisfying twists, and for once a

supernatural

element that I hadn’t encountered in his previous works. He also has a knack for compelling sexual tension between his protagonist and their love interest. I just wish we’d gotten

a kiss

. 

I can say with certainty that Riley Sager (Todd Ritter) is one of my favourite writers, and I look forward to reading more of his work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Stalking, and Death

lizzym126'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: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Addiction, Confinement, Grief, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Vomit and Blood

kpearljones's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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

2.25

Slow going for the first 3/4 of the book. Predictable, and irritatingly redundant. But I love Sager’s other works, and I think having read other books of his I had certain expectations of this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Death, Alcoholism, Violence, Alcohol, and Kidnapping

strawberrycasualreader's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Murder, Confinement, Grief, and Death

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, Vomit, and Abandonment

aseel_reads's review

dark 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

3.75

Again, huge fan of the writing and the plot twists were very twisty, I just didn't really like the supernatural element, made it feel a bit cartoony

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Murder, Vomit, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Death, and Grief

puddleshoes's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping and Confinement

Minor: Child abuse and Suicide

coffeebookssleep's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Alcoholism, Murder, Mental illness, Addiction, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, and Stalking

Minor: Kidnapping and Suicide attempt