Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

5 reviews

juanat77's review

3.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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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Content Warnings

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

brisas_bookcorner's review

3.5

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

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

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Abandonment

shannananahey's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Riley Sager hits it out of the park again. I usually predict the “twist” or large event before I’m halfway through most books. This one came out of left field and I never saw it coming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Blood, Abandonment

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The stars I give this book are for the following: the creepy atmosphere, the writing that at times made me feel like I myself was on Lake Greene, the reference to "Lock Every Door," the fact that there were some pieces of this story that sent a couple of chills down my spine, and the decent pacing.

Other than that, things get a little dicey...

I wrote down in my journal around page 100 that the star rating of this book was very much going to depend on the twist(s)...and friends, I just thought that all of these twists were weak at best and goofy at worst. There was one twist that made me actually LOL and I really don't think that was Sager's intent.

When I wasn't rolling my eyes out of confusion or snort laughing at how dumb that one twist was, I was just...bored. I dunno, Riley. We'll try again next time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Abandonment

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Colonisation

kaseymkelley's review

4.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment