A review by erinbarton
Survive the Night by Riley Sager

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

really liked the first 2/3rds but the last third just went massively off the rails in the worst way. this unfortunately moved beyond the level of suspended disbelief i’m willing to give a book. the original premise of an unreliable narrator trying to figure out the intentions of someone whilst on a long drive with them was interesting enough i feel to not go so crazy beyond that as this ended up doing

was the diner on the way to charlie’s hometown or did she just not realise they were driving the wrong way even though she’s taken that journey numerous times? why does charlie think it’s a good idea to drive the car into water at the end because she “knows the best way to escape an underwater car”? why was she so sure that robbie wouldn’t also figure out how to escape? and why is she convinced this serial killer who has a cooling off period of over a year at a time is gonna come after her just because he killed her friend? did any of the other victims friends also die? no, so why is she convinced she will?
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