Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The House across the Lake by Riley Sager

96 reviews

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

larareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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, Domestic abuse, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide attempt

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

ltulisiak's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Murder

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

celery's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

jmkendall0218's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder

katvanfos's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Sagar did good to exploit what he knows you’re thinking- I was impressed at the leaps he took but…. They were indeed leaps. I respect his bravery in going for it, but it was all a little too unbelievable at a certain point. None of the characters were likable or relatable- they felt pretty flat. That said, I definitely enjoyed some mouth-agape moments. It was a fun ride, but maybe a little too overboard for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death

Minor: Domestic abuse