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The Only One Left by Riley Sager

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daydaybookbay's review against another edition

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dark hopeful 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

4.5

I rated this book a 9 out of 10. The pacing of the plot varrys between "I gotta know what happens next" and "repetitive again." I enjoyed the twists and the twists and the additional twists. Every time I almost had confidence to have figured it out, another twist was thrown in. I had a lot of fun experiencing the mystery. I feel the audiobook added to the novel with the two narrators.

I would feel smart for a moment because I noticed an inconsistency in the story, but that was the whole point to notice. It threw me through a loop because I then questioned myself if the other off-points I noticed were actually supposed to be there. This lost trust in myself made it more difficult for me to piece together the plot before the author wanted to reveal a twist. Very clever writing-I love it

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librarymouse's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-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

4.75

This is an absolutely buck wild novel. It was very consumable and understandable in the moment, but once I tried to explain it to someone else, the twists take on such a startling depth of absurdity.
from what feels almost like a Gothic ghost story, to multiple cases of mistaken identity, to a house falling off a cliff, and the same man being guilty of the two deaths for which his daughter and the women she works as caregiver for are blamed, to a woman faking near full body paralysis and traum tic mutism for four decades, this novel is a rollercoaster from start to finish. I was not expecting the ending, though I did enjoy it. The image of Kit's father and Lenora holding hands in the foyer of the house where they both caused so much harm, as it collapsed into the sea, was unexpectedly vivid, poignant, and kind of funny.

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