Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

107 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

marmelb's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping

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

baileynoel's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

alissa_lopez's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

3.75

Fast paced murder mystery — dark, moody, and a good fall read. Twist at the end left me stunned.

The supernatural twist at the end didn’t fit with the remainder of the book for me.

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Content Warnings

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

frannyfran's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Grief

Minor: Suicide

littlered1110's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

badmom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Classism

calhudak's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Child abuse and Infidelity

samlikesbooks's review against another edition

dark funny slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse