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> Tag: Riley Sager

Formulaic, but somehow still original

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

May 18, 2023 by Scootchyknees Leave a Comment

If you haven’t tired of The Girl on the Train, or Gone Girl, or The Woman in the Window (which, to be fair, I haven’t read), and even Ghost 19, then this is your book! Female narrator? check. Possibly unreliable? Check check. Voyeurism? Triple check. Timeframe shifts from chapter to chapter? checkity check check check. Twists and turns? Hopefully you’ll think so like I did – but I’m not one to try too hard to figure things out. I’m just along for the ride. This […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Riley Sager, skootchyknees, The House Across the Lake

Scootchyknees's CBR15 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Riley Sager, skootchyknees, The House Across the Lake ·
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Getting in the last of my 2022 Reviews!

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardous

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

December 28, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Girls Made of Snow and Glass (3 stars)-Not bad, but I started to get bored halfway through the book. Liked both characters points of views (Mina and Lynet), but I started wanting the story to go faster. I liked the idea of these two characters really wanting the other to be more (Lynet wanting Mina to be her mother and Mina wanting to be Lynet’s mother) and them being pulled apart by terrible men. But, after you keep reading, the book falls apart. I think […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Melissa Bashardous, Riley Sager, silvia moreno-garcia

Classic's CBR14 Review No:287 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Melissa Bashardous, Riley Sager, silvia moreno-garcia ·
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Don’t move into this murderous building

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

September 5, 2022 by donttrustthe_bea Leave a Comment

In the words of June Diane Raphael, I do love a thriller. I found this book at my local thrift store after seeing posted on Book of the Month Club’s Instagram a few months ago. Decided to pick it up and give it a read. I’ll be up front here and say it was fine. Same predictable beats as other books of the genre. Same troubled, single, female protagonist with a dead family, this one comes without a drinking problem though (I’m looking at you, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: female-centric thrillers, Riley Sager, thriller

donttrustthe_bea's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: female-centric thrillers, Riley Sager, thriller ·
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Oh my god. If they say “movie in my mind” one more time, I’m gonna lose it!

Survive the Night by Riley Sager

March 21, 2022 by RaRaGabor 3 Comments

Uuuuugggggghhhhhh. I have really got to take a break from thrillers for a while. This book sat on my TBR for about a year before I finally checked the audio version out from the library. The premise seems strong: Charlie, our heroine, needs to get away. Her college roommate and best friend, Maddie, was murdered, and Charlie is not doing well. This being the early 90s, Charlie finds a ride on her college ride board from Josh, though right away there seems to be something […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Riley Sager

RaRaGabor's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Riley Sager ·
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No more Riley Sager books *pour moi*.

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

December 23, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I do not understand why people like this author so much. Is it the guaranteed twist at the end? The cliched story elements? The flavorless writing? The overblown dialogue? I’m sorry, everyone who loves this dude* (which is like 90% of Goodreads apparently), but his whole thing just does not work for me. Everything in this story has been done, and done better, in other books. For me, this book wasn’t scary or thrilling at all. I finished it because it’s the literary equivalent of […]

Filed Under: Horror, Suspense Tagged With: Home Before Dark, horror, narfna, Riley Sager

narfna's CBR13 Review No:194 · Genres: Horror, Suspense · Tags: Home Before Dark, horror, narfna, Riley Sager ·
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The House, It’s Haunted

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

November 9, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

I did not intend to follow one Riley Sager book with another, but since what I was reading wasn’t working for me, and since my rental of this one was due to expire soon, I decided to give it a go. This one is weird. In some ways, it’s better than what Sager has written but in others, it’s probably my least favorite. It’s a haunted house tale and he gets the atmosphere of a haunted house down pat. I’m not a horror guy; I […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: Haunted House, Home Before Dark, horror, Riley Sager

Jake's CBR13 Review No:170 · Genres: Horror · Tags: Haunted House, Home Before Dark, horror, Riley Sager ·
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