Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

44 reviews

rhgrimes's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail

Snakes. So many snakes. If you have a thing about snakes, just skip this one.

kaneebli's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Suicide, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Animal cruelty

jaedia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Dementia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Terminal illness, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, Car accident, and Alcohol

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Started out strong but ultimately found it disappointing. The letter from Maggie’s father really rubbed me the wrong way. Who talks to their children about their intimate relationships like that??? The assumptions her parents made were truly awful. They should never have been parents in the first place. Where are Maggie’s critical thinking skills? Why has no one asked about her father’s motives for his annual ritual and his continuous relationship with the house? Ugh. Too many other stupid questions. Also, her father’s book was supposed to help lead the reader in a specific direction, but it felt unconvincing. What a waste of time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

ashleyelizabeth's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

1.5

Sooooo boring. Twist reveal doesn’t happen until the last 26 minutes of the audiobook. Takes absolutely forever to get good. 

Pretty predictable up until the last twist. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

mrsm_lovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Honestly, I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy this book. I knew it was a thriller and supernatural combo, but I worried it was going to lean more on the spooky.

Boy, was I wrong! Maggie's journey of uncovering the truth and learning about the metaphorical ghosts in her closet, kept me on the edge of my seat. The ending/epilogue did seem a bit haphazard in tying up the loose ends, but I wonder if anyone believes Elsa and Maggie about Martha. That was my only negative. Also I can't believe her parents covered up the body and didn't even try to find a more logical explanation. It does make me wonder if Martha killed her husband after finding her daughter's body. And the angle of the Bryan Prince seemed to leave things kinda open, like what happened with him and the news stories. Was there a connection?

Either way, I still enjoyed this book a great deal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Dementia, Stalking, Death of parent, and Alcohol

wereallmadhere's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Suicide, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

enc3336's review

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

Defiantly felt like Haunting of Hill House mixed with Amityville Horror. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Dementia

openbookheartmind's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

chelbelle122's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship