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Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

50 reviews

emilyreadsinallentown's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This was a little too long even at 1.5x speed, but I did enjoy it and finished the last half in a day! At first I felt like I was reading a combination of the Institute & Ninth House but while there were a lot of twists, I think it concluded well with some corny elements. Not my favorite Riley Sager but glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Bullying

randeerebecca's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

karaokestar's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

Any easy and fast read if you want a mystery/thriller -  the protagonist Ethan moves into his childhood home and starts to piece together what happened to his childhood best friend who disappeared 30 years ago…

I really enjoyed the book. It even spooked me a bit. Would recommend for people who like mysteries/thrillers/whodunits.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

skullpixie's review

emotional mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

Absolutely loved the twists. In typical Sager fashion, the pace really picks up at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, and Alcohol

ariajb's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

It wasn’t bad but it kind of dragged on for longer than necessary, I think if I had actually read the book instead of listening to the audio book I would’ve hated it. 
I thought the premise was interesting and usually ‘cozy cul de sac mysteries’ end up digging up a bunch of secrets about other characters and lead to more plot twists but every new piece of background or “secret” we learned were pretty boring but still took up big chunks of time.
It just seemed like a lot of build up for a nothing burger ending
but I did like the characters and the way they interacted with each other seemed genuine 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Dementia

Moderate: Bullying

jessica_leffler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I read Middle of the Night for book club, and while I normally wouldn’t normally choose to read a thriller, this book kept me enthralled. I did accurately predict at least part of the ending, but there were enough plot twist and surprises to give me whiplash. It also definitely gave me goose bumps, but was wasn’t so scary that I couldn’t read it in the Middle of the Night 😜

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Murder

beenotbea's review

mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Bullying

sohare1981's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying and Stalking

Minor: Drug use, Terminal illness, Violence, Dementia, and Murder

polinarmsh's review

mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I guessed all plot twists from the beginning, so the rest of the book seemed pretty dragged out. For me, this is one of the worse Riley Sager's books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

kellpaul's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, and Miscarriage