Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

61 reviews

fanboyriot's review against another edition

2.0

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really struggled to get into this one.  There were a few moments that just didn’t seem like they fit well with the genre and some of the paranormal stuff just wasn’t that interesting to me.

Read For 

✓ Lake House

✓ Paranormal 

✓ Mystery Thriller

✓ Unreliable Narrator 

✓ Loose Ends Are Tied Up by the End

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Spice Level: n/a

Sad Level: 💧

Plot: 5/10

Pace: 3/10

Ending: 6/10

Characters: 4/10

Enjoyability: 3/10

Writing Style: 5/10

Would I Recommend? No

Favorite Character: n/a

Favorite Quote: ❝there’s no such thing as happily ever after. There’s only happy for a short period of time before everything falls apart.❞

POV: First Person

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback 

Language: English

Release Date: 06, June 2023

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Vomit

sboelkens's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was really enjoying this as a mystery book, but then the twist about 3/4 of the way through was so unnecessary that it ruined the entire book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking

tmluke's review

4.25

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

noellekelly7's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I almost stopped reading until halfway through the book where the first twist comes in that completely changes the tone of the book - in a good way. I thought it was just going to be a redo of Rear Window or the plot device where “woman sees crime, no one believes her” which is overly done in mystery books but this was a great twist on it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide, Vomit

amlegomo's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

karynrl's review

2.25

mysterious 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: Complicated

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Honestly this one wasn't as good as his other works. The story felt a bit boring and kinda predictable. I am not quite a fan of paranormal/ghosts/hauntings etc. because it feels like a cop out in this case, but I see that he tried and I did at least want to know what happened. I didn't hate the characters, it just felt sort of bland and repetitive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief

Paranormal (reincarnation)

kenzireads's review against another edition

2.0

mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder

Minor: Suicide, Vomit

caitlinastrid's review

3.5

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail

hannahyorkey's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking

Minor: Death of parent

megsiobhan's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Not my favourite Riley book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Vomit