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A review by grettypop
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
3.5 stars
Casey Fletcher is recently widowed, spending her days alone at her family's lake house. At this time of the year, there are only a handful of other residents. Eli, the kind elderly man across the lake; a handsome new arrival who is updating her neighbors' house; and Katherine and Tom across the lake. Now Katherine is a famous former model, living in a glass, modern home with her tech startup millionaire husband. And since Casey has nothing else to do, she picks up her recently deceased husband's binoculars and begins watching the famous couple in the glass house across the lake.
The story takes a sinister turn very only on, and while I thought I was able to predict who is responsible for the series of unfortunate events... I was dead wrong. Riley Sager has this unique sense of mixing human evil with the possibility of a paranormal occurrence. Without spoiling anything, you have to go into this story open minded and ready for anything.
My only issue was with the ending. It felt like things got wrapped up too quickly, a lot of resolution rushed while the problems have existed for years.
But I did not see a lot of the twists and turns coming, and that is what makes Riley Sager such an incredible author!
Casey Fletcher is recently widowed, spending her days alone at her family's lake house. At this time of the year, there are only a handful of other residents. Eli, the kind elderly man across the lake; a handsome new arrival who is updating her neighbors' house; and Katherine and Tom across the lake. Now Katherine is a famous former model, living in a glass, modern home with her tech startup millionaire husband. And since Casey has nothing else to do, she picks up her recently deceased husband's binoculars and begins watching the famous couple in the glass house across the lake.
The story takes a sinister turn very only on, and while I thought I was able to predict who is responsible for the series of unfortunate events... I was dead wrong. Riley Sager has this unique sense of mixing human evil with the possibility of a paranormal occurrence. Without spoiling anything, you have to go into this story open minded and ready for anything.
My only issue was with the ending. It felt like things got wrapped up too quickly, a lot of resolution rushed while the problems have existed for years.
But I did not see a lot of the twists and turns coming, and that is what makes Riley Sager such an incredible author!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Alcoholism