Hello dear Readers,
My book review of Home Before Dark: A Novel by Riley Sager.
Title: Home Before Dark: A Novel
Rating: 5/5 Stars
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Author: Riley Sager
Publisher: Dutton
Publication Date: June 30, 2020
Language: English
Book Description
In the latest thriller from New York Times bestseller Riley Sager, a woman returns to the house made famous by her father’s bestselling horror memoir. Is the place really haunted by evil forces, as her father claimed? Or are there more earthbound—and dangerous—secrets hidden within its walls?
What was it like? Living in that house.
Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a nonfiction book called House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity—and skepticism.
Today, Maggie is a restorer of old homes and too young to remember any of the events mentioned in her father's book. But she also doesn’t believe a word of it. Ghosts, after all, don’t exist. When Maggie inherits Baneberry Hall after her father's death, she returns to renovate the place to prepare it for sale. But her homecoming is anything but warm. People from the past, chronicled in House of Horrors, lurk in the shadows. And locals aren’t thrilled that their small town has been made infamous thanks to Maggie’s father. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself—a place filled with relics from another era that hint at a history of dark deeds. As Maggie experiences strange occurrences straight out of her father’s book, she starts to believe that what he wrote was more fact than fiction.
Alternating between Maggie’s uneasy homecoming and chapters from her father’s book, Home Before Dark is the story of a house with long-buried secrets and a woman’s quest to uncover them—even if the truth is far more terrifying than any haunting.
My Thoughts
Updated Review.
Well, I have a new favorite Riley Sager book. Yes, Home Before Dark is that good.
Could be weird to say this but the thing I loved the most about this book is, I was not that invested in the characters, not that I disliked them but the story is what kept me reading the whole time, wanting to know what was going to happen next. The characters did not determine the outcome for me at all, whatever was going to happen. The story is so well written, I really enjoyed it. Creepy, suspenseful and that ending, surprising and so good.
Best Riley book for me now and cannot wait for what comes next.
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I have not finished the book yet, but it is really good so far. I just wanted to post a Happy Release Day to Riley Sager. I will be posting my full review soon.
Wendy
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