Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

379 reviews

alissa_lopez's review against another edition

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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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missdrmuffin's review against another edition

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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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wanna_read's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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ivykennerauthor's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5


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busra425's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

4.0


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beetayz's review against another edition

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mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0


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nagirak's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Wow what a disappointment…

This book was SO good until about the 50% mark. And it’s not even that it got bad, it was actually written really well. The issue is that there are so many unexpected twists in turns in this book, in literally the worst way imaginable. 

This had the potential to be a really well done book, why the need for the unrealistic plot twist? You could have had the serial killer twist, the spousal murder twist, the  murderous cop twist, all of the above without ever mentioning what the author actually ended up using. (Sorry trying to leave this spoiler free). 

Idk man I’m disappointed. The only reason I’m giving it 2.5 stars instead of 2 is because it was really good writing with a terrible plot.

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lpeterson's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0


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mcclapper's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5


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taytay_gray's review against another edition

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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

2.5


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