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The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

44 reviews

sohare1981's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence and Vomit

Minor: Suicide

kiarra_s's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

Some people may enjoy the plot twists in this one, but they didn't work for me. After the 70% mark, I just found the story to be too ridiculous. The writing, however, was amazing, and I do plan to give this author another try!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Grief

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse and Vomit

missdrmuffin's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

taryn_g's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

abbyynormal's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

celina246's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

i didn't see that twist coming, i have it give credit where it's due - and it was a wild one. could have done with a different ending tho I think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit

boba_nbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

What is it with male thriller authors writing about nosey alcoholic women? The House Across the Lake follows a main character who is quite similar to the one in The Woman in the Window. 

Casey is an actress born into a famous family who owns a beautiful lake house on Lake Green. Ever since her husband, Len, passed away, Casey has been spiraling and turning to alcohol. An embarrassing press stunt leads her mother to send Casey away to the lake house in the fall for some time alone. Lake Green is quite popular during the summer, but once the offseason hits, anything goes. With nothing better to do, Casey starts to spy on her neighbors who live in a glass house across the lake, and what she finds disturbs her. Her neighbor goes missing, and Casey decides to take the investigation into her disappearance into her own hands. 

This was the slowest of slow burns. Riley Sager books are hit or miss for me, but this one fell in the middle. I enjoyed the twists but will not be praising it til the end of time. It was a fun thriller, though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Vomit

traciereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

juanat77's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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

rabmdbtinkerbelljune's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Alcohol