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A review by vimcenzo
The Only One Left: A Novel by Riley Sager
4.0
The author introduces twist after twist, which leads to less of a mystery that can be guessed but instead fosters an atmosphere of overwhelming paranoia that grips you. I’m very pleased with having read it; I stepped out of my comfort zone to read this for a Goodreads achievement and quite frankly, I am all the better for it. The book’s description made me feel like it would be worth my time, and that gamble was abso-fucking-lutely right. I may be rereading it sometime just to appreciate all the twists more. It’s amazing a book like this can exist in 2024’s atmosphere of contemporary slop—slop that was offensively placed on the same list as this book, and that could have caused me to miss it if I had not been meticulous perusing the descriptions for just one that I would like.
The only issue I take is maybe the last 2-4 twists in this book. They are not dealbreakers, I was in too far by that point, but truthfully I think they were the things that were finally, FINALLY too hard to buy. But it’s fine. In fact, depending on how I feel as time goes on, I might change this to a five. We’ll see.
The only issue I take is maybe the last 2-4 twists in this book. They are not dealbreakers, I was in too far by that point, but truthfully I think they were the things that were finally, FINALLY too hard to buy. But it’s fine. In fact, depending on how I feel as time goes on, I might change this to a five. We’ll see.