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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
This is my second Riley Sager book and I just want to read them all now
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DISCLAIMER: i have never seen the haunting of hill house or amityville horror, so any similarities between those and this book went unnoticed by me. but I LOVED THIS! i flew through it, i never guessed the ending, i had a lot of fun. excited to read more from sager!
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A fun mix of mystery and ghost story. But there were one too many twists in the end, all unraveling in the last 10 pages.
I absolutely devoured this book.
The book follows Maggie who after the death of her father, goes back to her childhood home to try and unravel the truth about their rapid departure. According to Maggie's father, and the best selling book he wrote, they left because they were being terrorised by the ghosts that resided in the house. Despite growing up in the shadow of this book and it's fictionalised version of her, Maggie has never believed it to be the true story.
The combination of thriller and supernatural worked so well for me and is unlike anything I've read before. I love stories where there is a book within a book and this fits into that category wonderfully. The alternating chapters between present day and The Book kept me invested the full way through and I loved how the two stories were almost told in parallel.
I genuinely had nightmares after reading this but would recommend it to anyone.
The book follows Maggie who after the death of her father, goes back to her childhood home to try and unravel the truth about their rapid departure. According to Maggie's father, and the best selling book he wrote, they left because they were being terrorised by the ghosts that resided in the house. Despite growing up in the shadow of this book and it's fictionalised version of her, Maggie has never believed it to be the true story.
The combination of thriller and supernatural worked so well for me and is unlike anything I've read before. I love stories where there is a book within a book and this fits into that category wonderfully. The alternating chapters between present day and The Book kept me invested the full way through and I loved how the two stories were almost told in parallel.
I genuinely had nightmares after reading this but would recommend it to anyone.
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes