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A review by grace_astudentreading
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
emotional
mysterious
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Advanced reader's copy review
This book took me longer to get into than I expected from a Riley Sager book, but ultimately it was so worth it in the end. For starters, I am a sucker for any book that is told alternating between past and present, and this book is no exception. I especially liked how the present was in limited first person narration while the past was told in multiple third person points of view. It allowed for a better understanding of what happened in the past than if it was just 10 year old Ethan. And I found Ethan a very relatable main character. I too suffer from insomnia and turn into an unreliable narrator when I’m sleep deprived. And I thought Sager did an amazing job showing how childhood trauma follows a person into adulthood, while also giving Ethan enough healing over the course of the story to make the reader happy. As for the plot, while it started slow it always had a steady level of tension, then as it ramped up towards the end there were so many crazy and amazing twists. I absolutely loved the ending it was perfection in my mind. I highly recommend this book!
Thank you Dutton for the free advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
This book took me longer to get into than I expected from a Riley Sager book, but ultimately it was so worth it in the end. For starters, I am a sucker for any book that is told alternating between past and present, and this book is no exception. I especially liked how the present was in limited first person narration while the past was told in multiple third person points of view. It allowed for a better understanding of what happened in the past than if it was just 10 year old Ethan. And I found Ethan a very relatable main character. I too suffer from insomnia and turn into an unreliable narrator when I’m sleep deprived. And I thought Sager did an amazing job showing how childhood trauma follows a person into adulthood, while also giving Ethan enough healing over the course of the story to make the reader happy. As for the plot, while it started slow it always had a steady level of tension, then as it ramped up towards the end there were so many crazy and amazing twists. I absolutely loved the ending it was perfection in my mind. I highly recommend this book!
Thank you Dutton for the free advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review