Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

47 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

merdog8791's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, and Murder

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

megsiobhan's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

This is the second Riley Sager book I’ve read, but enjoyed it just as much as the first one I read (The Only One Left). 

Some of the plot twists had me visibly pointing at my Kindle, and looking around like ‘oh my god?! WHAT!’

Basically, I liked it and will be reading more of Riley’s work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

amanda_cain's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Murder

khum's review

adventurous dark tense fast-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: Murder