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9.14k reviews for:

Middle of the Night

Riley Sager

3.66 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A man returns to his hometown 30 years after the disappearance of his boyhood friend and is confronted by feelings and memories that he wished would have stayed in the past.

Riley Sager certainly delivered with this mystery and it held my attention from start to finish. This one is sprinkled with grief, tension, dread, and even the supernatural. I ate it up! I love a storyline where the MC returns home only to be confronted with the past and that’s exactly what we get in this one. The characters here are all strong, captivating, and the emotions that they feel radiate off the pages. I think anyone that’s a fan of the author’s work should pick this one up. Perhaps it’s not a fan favorite (it’s going to be hard to top THE ONLY ONE LEFT which is my absolute favorite) but this one comes in second for me.

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional tense medium-paced
slow-paced
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes