Reviews tagging 'Death'

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

178 reviews

teeclecticreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This was so good! Firstly, I love that there were indicators for the present time and past events. It helped me to not get confused plus I could easily to back and connect dots as the plot unwound. I’m happy that all of my guesses of what was happening were absolutely wrong because I hate when thrillers are too predictable. I could’ve NEVER guessed any of this lol. I’m for sure gonna check out Riley’s other work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, and Death

rabmdbtinkerbelljune's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Cursing, Death, Violence, and Vomit

akevaa's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

2.75

Definitely not a book to read if you’re struggling with alcohol. I understand it as a focus of the novel but wasn’t expecting such a heavy feature. Would rather have focused more on the crime aspect. Not my favorite though the narrator was nice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Addiction, and Violence

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

sonygaystation's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Suicide, and Infidelity

snoopyfanclub's review

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Violence, Grief, Murder, Suicide, and Death

spennythejet's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism

Minor: Kidnapping and Domestic abuse

peyviz's review

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

lilalhreads's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Grief

kylieduncan's review against another edition

I really enjoyed the first part of this book where the main focus is the stalking and obsession. I was ready to rate the book 4 stars. 

By about 2/3 of this book I was thinking to myself WTF did I just read - in the worst way possible. By 80% of the book I decided I couldn’t force myself to finish the book. I’ve never considered not finishing a book I’m this far along with but I don’t think there is any way this book could redeem itself. The paranormal essence came out of nowhere and it was like I was reading an entirely different book than I started with. I’ve never been so annoyed by a transition in a book. 

So many useless details in the first part of the book that are still not relevant by 86% of the book. I’m calling it. Based on the other reviews I cannot even bring myself to care about the rest of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, and Murder

If you want a poorly transitioned stalked to paranormal book - this is the one for you.