Reviews with content warning for Death - The House Across the Lake

This story was really wild! There were lots of twists and turns. I didn’t expect to like it as much as I did. I knocked it down from five stars, because the sci-fi element being introduced so last minute kind of threw me for a loop. I didn’t dislike it I just didn’t expect it because we were already about 300 pages in, and there weren’t science-fiction elements before that.

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rachjellie's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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fancyjess_party's review

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emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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lucyroberts's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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ariieesbixx's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

En general me ha gustado pero era fácil descubrir lo que estaba pasando a pesar de los plot twists.
También me ha gustado el dilema moral que se trata

sinceramente, no sé que haría en el lugar de Casey al enterarse de que su marido es un asesino.

No me ha gustado el tema paranormal me ha parecido que aunque estaba bien desarrollado no pegaba nada con la trama general.

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chapters_and_pages's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.5

This was so close to a five star read for me… I have now read every book by Riley Sager and it’s safe to say that he is one of my favourite authors.

I finished this book in two sittings, honestly I could not put it down. I loved almost everything about this book.

Now, the one thing that stopped me from giving this book five stars was one of the plot twists. I won’t spoil it, but this book went down a strange path that Sager has never done before (if you know you know…). I didn’t hate it, but I also didn’t love it, it was just not what I expected and I didn’t really know how to feel about it… but overall, amazing book!

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rsagarin's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated

3.0

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missgrangerr's review

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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

2.0

To be honest, I was a bit disappointed when it is revealed that what was happening was all supernatural, I prefer a more realistic ending. The drunk single female / unreliable narrator is getting a bit tired and would have enjoyed a more well rounded character for a protagonist.

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