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

The book started really interesting. The pace was really fast, the story seemed interesting and promising. I was really excited to find out if Katherine was alive and if not who killed her. I started suspecting different people and trying to find out more from the "now" perspective. Then the part when Casey found Katherine in the basement possessed came and everything went downhill. First of all what the hell... second this story had so much potential and was ruined by this supernatural spirit (Len's spirit) who was possessing Kath only because he wanted to revenge Casey. It was such an unnatural twist that it just threw me off. After that the second plot twist where Tom was drugging his wife was so unnecessary and i felt like the author was just trying to drag the book by a few chapters. Overall the begging had sooooo much potential and it was just ruined. Absolutely disappointed.

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erinreading's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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lindsfindley's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

Lots of twists in this one! My second read from this author & I thought that would help me out with solving things on my own but I was definitely surprised by some of the twists.

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beatle426's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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hauntedantiqueshop's review

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mysterious 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

2.0

Not at all what I was expecting from a Riley Sager book. The twist was definitely a disappointment for me.

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friedfae'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? Yes

3.0

I expected your standard mystery, this isn't it.

The first 3/4 of the book was fine, but the twist was out of left field and distracted from the remainder of the story. It created plot holes for

Casey and Boone's adventure. If Casey knew it was Len who murdered the girls, then why pin it on Boone? Of course, there are explanations for this, but none are rationale, like Len being a spirit lying in wake in the lake.

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mreinstadtler's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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ariday_'s review

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mysterious 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

4.25

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