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Home Before Dark
Home Before Dark
Author: Riley Sager
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 cal...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781524745172
ISBN-10: 1524745170
Publication Date: 7/7/2020
Pages: 384
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 46 ratings
Publisher: Dutton
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 43
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junie avatar reviewed Home Before Dark on + 630 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Creepy, sinister crawlies that turned my stomach, ghosts and all sorts of happenings in a haunted house are the premise of this book within a book.

Riley Sager gave me nightmares Again as I read this book before going to sleep. It is a delicious plot and I savored it.
virgosun avatar reviewed Home Before Dark on + 888 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Haunted house stories are right up my alley and this one delivers the creep. Entertaining too, and even the alternating story lines worked for me. However, I feel like I've been played. A ghost story but not really a ghost story? And the ending was rushed and not altogether satisfying. 3 stars.
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Readnmachine avatar reviewed Home Before Dark on + 1474 more book reviews
A young woman returns to the crumbling, isolated manor house her family purchased when she was a child -- only to flee a few weeks later, claiming angry ghosts were threatening her life. Fine, spooky tale, though it does get a bit convoluted at the end.
daylily77 avatar reviewed Home Before Dark on + 236 more book reviews
So good I want my own copy. Definitely keeps you guessing. A thrilling ride.
eadieburke avatar reviewed Home Before Dark on + 1639 more book reviews
This is a story of a house with long-buried secrets and Maggie Holt's quest to uncover them. 25 years ago she and her parents lived in Baneberry Hall but only stayed for 20 days. She soon finds out that the truth is more terrifying than any haunted house. This is a creepy Amityville Horror spine-chilling tale that switches from past and present. It is my first Riley Sager book but won't be my last.

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