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A review by love_coffee_n_books
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
'𝑭𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖.'
TW ⚠️
Child death, Death, Murder, Suicide, Death of a parent, Grief.
𝘐 𝘌𝘕𝘑𝘖𝘠𝘌𝘋...
• Guessing the outcome up until the end of the book. I changed my predictions multiple times.
• The creepy estate house with a malevolent past.
• The protagonist is a bad a$$ with a feminist attitude.
𝘐 𝘏𝘈𝘋 𝘈 𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘋 𝘛𝘐𝘔𝘌 𝘞𝘐𝘛𝘏...
• The book alternates with a dual POV between the MC in the present and snippets of her Father's novel. Although It is essential to the story, I found most of her Father's novel to be an informational filler.
𝘖𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘈𝘓𝘓...
Despite the minimal flaw, I thought it was fantastic and I will be reading another Sager book in the future.
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲
🏠 Gothic homes and history
🏠 Ghost stories
🏠 Who dunnit Mystery
🏠 Amityville Horror
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 (7.14/10 CAWPILE)
TW ⚠️
Child death, Death, Murder, Suicide, Death of a parent, Grief.
𝘐 𝘌𝘕𝘑𝘖𝘠𝘌𝘋...
• Guessing the outcome up until the end of the book. I changed my predictions multiple times.
• The creepy estate house with a malevolent past.
• The protagonist is a bad a$$ with a feminist attitude.
𝘐 𝘏𝘈𝘋 𝘈 𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘋 𝘛𝘐𝘔𝘌 𝘞𝘐𝘛𝘏...
• The book alternates with a dual POV between the MC in the present and snippets of her Father's novel. Although It is essential to the story, I found most of her Father's novel to be an informational filler.
𝘖𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘈𝘓𝘓...
Despite the minimal flaw, I thought it was fantastic and I will be reading another Sager book in the future.
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲
🏠 Gothic homes and history
🏠 Ghost stories
🏠 Who dunnit Mystery
🏠 Amityville Horror
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 (7.14/10 CAWPILE)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Grief and Suicide
Minor: Death of parent