A review by m_lefaye
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

5.0

This book came highly recommend by a friend who said it “wasn’t your typical ghost story.” Diving in, “Home Before Dark” puts you between two worlds, the past and the present, as you learn the history of Baneberry hall through the eyes of two narrators, Maggie in the present and her father Ewen in the past. Both have a story and as you uncover the past, the mystery surrounding their old mansion only grows. The ending is a twist within a twist that, I feel, wrapped the conclusion up nicely. I don’t want to give too much away and I have read reviews where others are divided on the end, but I felt in put to rest all your questions as a reader together uniquely and perfectly.

I was at first concerned about the flow of reading two narratives but the author transitions between past and present flawlessly as you “read” parts of one novel within another. This also was refreshing because as much as I love books, reading a whole book within a story sounds, a bit tedious, and potentially dull. You only get snips of the past “book” as they pertain to current events/moments and that was perfect.

Overall, I highly recommend this book for anyone looking for a good thriller that gives major “house on haunted hill” vibes, but with a twist.