The House Across the Lake: the utterly gripping new psychological suspense thriller from the internationally bestselling author

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The ending is straight-up crazytown, but it kinda-sorta worked on me. A fun trippy little thriller. of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager I know he has written about the supernatural in books published under a different name, but he never included it under this pseudonym where his twists were always lodged in reality. The whole supernatural aspect felt kind of weird to me in this context. Riley Sager is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, most recently THE HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE and SURVIVE THE NIGHT. His first thriller, FINAL GIRLS, won the ITW Thriller Award for Best Hardcover Novel and has been published in more than thirty countries. His latest novel, THE ONLY ONE LEFT, will be published in June. In March 2023, it was reported that Netflix will adapt the novel into a feature film with Paul Feig set to direct for Berlanti-Schechter Films and Feigco Entertainment. [6] Reception [ edit ]But when Casey digs deeper she realizes there’s also a serial killer targeting young girls in town. Could Tom be also responsible from those incidents? I also really enjoyed, not just Casey as a main character, but all her interactions and musings involving the Royces. They certainly kept her mind occupied, at least for a little while.

Now she’s at the lake house where her husband was drowned. She recently saves the life of Katherine Royce who was also about to get drowned in the lake just like her husband. Did the author intend this to be a serious thriller or is it a campy homage to certain books/movies (that would be spoilers if I named them all)? Boone Conrad is staying at the Mitchell’s place while he does work on their house. A stranger to this area and very good looking, he peaks Casey’s interest.

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I hate when a big piece of information is hidden from you for most of the book. It sure wouldn’t have been the same if you knew from the start that the MC knows her husband killed 3 girls and she murdered him for it. People who know me know I’m a relative newbie to the mystery/thriller genre. I tend to go for nonfiction and sci-fi/fantasy reads.

Casey is a mourning alcoholic trying to cope with the death of her husband by staying at her lake house. In actuality, she is exiled to her family lake house by her mother after making a drunken scene in front of a crowd of paparazzi (Casey and her family were quite famous in showbiz).

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Wow! I have so many complex feelings about this book! Some parts made me scream “come on! It’s too far fetched and ridiculous!” when some out of nowhere elements hit you in the face out of nowhere! But some parts are truly entertaining, surprising which made me awe the author’s dark sense of humor! This book feels very cozy to me and I can't really pinpoint why. Maybe it's Casey's narration or the handsome handyman ex-cop? I think if you go in knowing it's a mystery with a teeny supernatural part, you might not be disappointed. Nothing scary, nothing gory. I was surprised by the reveal. Overall: I was planning to give three stars after that unexpected, out of nowhere twist but last third was way too much gripping, fast pacing and entertaining for me! So I decided to round up 3.5 stars to 4 girl power, haunting lake stars! Casey Fletcher is a NYC-based actress, who having grown up in the industry, is used to a lot of drama. Unfortunately for Casey, after suffering a personal tragedy, she makes a mistake many people have made before her. She turns to the bottle to numb her pain.

The book opens with a storm raging and Casey demanding answers from a tied up suspect. Then the story alternates between "now" and what happened in the days leading up to this turn of events. stars— There really are no words that can adequately describe this book. The first 2/3 of the book was basically A J Finn’s “The Woman in the Window” but set at a lake house to shake things up. Much like “The Woman in the Window” and “The Girl on The Train” the woman who observes what she believes to be a crime in this book is drunk 24/7. (**Note to authors : from here on out sober witnesses only, thank you, drunks have run their course). It can be tough sometimes being on your own, but Casey being alone at that house was taking it to a whole new level of isolation. Sager paced out the reveals of the before perfectly, in my opinion. It kept me so interested. Boone and the detective friend of his were obvious red herrings, but I don’t know if I would trust him around stairs as he was caught in other lies (I don’t trust the story about his wife).The author cannot write a convincing female character. This time she was reading into the fact that the wife leaving in the house across the lake would go swim without her wedding ring. Clearly a sign there are issues in her marriage. Did no editor tell him that plenty of people remove them to swim in a lake? Also what was up with her judging the husband for eating frozen burritos when she’s drinking bourbon all day with grilled cheese? Also even though she’s a famous actress, she’s conveniently not into social media. It's mid-October and Casey Fletcher is recuperating at her aunt and mom's lake house. Casey is a troubled actress and a widow. Her husband drowned in this very dark water at Lake Greene in eastern Vermont. It's off-season and with nothing better to do, Casey keeps an eye out across the lake watching the Royces. She rescues the former model neighbor Katherine Royce from drowning and they form a friendship. When Katherine vanishes, Casey is determined to find her. I buddy read The House Across the Lake with my sis Irina, and we ended up having identical thoughts on all the ins and outs of what makes this story so divisive. On the one hand, it's incredibly difficult to put down, even with the worn and tired set up of "traumatized alcoholic female spying on glamorous couple across the way and thinks she sees something detrimental occur" trope at play. On the flip side, the main plot twist is really make-or-break it for the entire story, because everything else is so recycled it felt like reading the same tale for the millionth time. In fact, even though this book promised to be one where you think you know what will happen, but don't, it did take a leap similar to Behind Her Eyes and Layla, so even that didn't quite give me the gasp I was hoping to receive. In the end, I struggled with the plot device used, the disappointing reveals and the conclusion. Maybe if I had known the direction the narrative would take, I would have enjoyed it more. supernatural angle A decent read, but there were a few quibbles of mine that prevented me from giving it a full four stars.