A review by ellieb_reads
With a Vengeance by Riley Sager

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

Well, that’s 1 for 3 on Sager’s last few books for me. Sager is known for his twists, but this was just too much. I honestly rolled my eyes after the final “reveal.” Is it really a good twist if I’m too confused by the previous four twists to understand it? The first half of the book was pretty good. I enjoyed learning each co-conspirator’s background and how they got roped into the plot that killed Anna’s family. I think the book would have been much more interesting if it had focused on Anna identifying these people and gathering the evidence to take them down, her connection with Seamus, and her aunt’s training. But alas, we instead got a very mediocre Murder on the Orient Express wannabe that just didn’t deliver.