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The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
4.0

I went into this one with extremely low expectations. However, I wound up being pleased. While this is not my favorite Sager, it was definitely better than Survive the Night. 

Enjoyed: 
- The twist-- didn't see it coming and I was here for it.
- The last 50% of the book in general was really well done. 
- The setting-- creepy enough that you know anything can happen

What I didn't:
- ENOUGH with the drunk, unreliable FEMALE narrator. It is overplayed and just getting annoying. This plays into the stereotype that every time a female is worried that she is hysterical. 
- The first part of the book felt a bit repetitive.

Sager Rankings:
- LTIL
- HBD
- THATL
- LED
- FG
- STN