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A review by hannahmariebrankley
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
4.0
Riley Sager is one of those authors I’ve heard a lot of American book reviewers and bloggers talk about. I feel I’ve come to know him as an author with “all the twists”.
At seventeen, Lenora Hope hung her sister with a rope. Stabbed her father with a knife. Took her mother’s happy life.
Or so the schoolyard rhyme said…
In 1929, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine Coast. Lenora was the only one left alive. Many believed she was responsible but she denied it and the police couldn’t prove it.
Fast forward to 1983 and we meet Kit McDeere. A home health worker who is assigned to care for Lenora. After mysterious circumstances surrounding her previous nurse leaving in the middle of the night. Now mute and a wheelchair user, Lenora doesn’t leave Hope’s End. The cliffside mansion where the murders occurred.
Using a typewriter, Lenora can tap out sentences to communicate. One day Lenora typed out to Kit, “I want to tell you everything”.
If you are looking for a thriller / mystery for the autumnal season, pick this up! I cannot explain how many times I gasped, physically closed the book in shock and then had to go back and reread parts. There were so many twists that I never saw coming. There were moments when I was certain I knew what was coming and….nope! I feel like I cannot even talk about certain characters in fear of giving anything away.
Riley Sager writes really well and sets the scene brilliantly. There are parts in the earlier chapters where you can feel he is a little overly descriptive. Remember it. It all makes sense in the later chapters. I cannot wait to read more from him. 4.5 stars.
At seventeen, Lenora Hope hung her sister with a rope. Stabbed her father with a knife. Took her mother’s happy life.
Or so the schoolyard rhyme said…
In 1929, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine Coast. Lenora was the only one left alive. Many believed she was responsible but she denied it and the police couldn’t prove it.
Fast forward to 1983 and we meet Kit McDeere. A home health worker who is assigned to care for Lenora. After mysterious circumstances surrounding her previous nurse leaving in the middle of the night. Now mute and a wheelchair user, Lenora doesn’t leave Hope’s End. The cliffside mansion where the murders occurred.
Using a typewriter, Lenora can tap out sentences to communicate. One day Lenora typed out to Kit, “I want to tell you everything”.
If you are looking for a thriller / mystery for the autumnal season, pick this up! I cannot explain how many times I gasped, physically closed the book in shock and then had to go back and reread parts. There were so many twists that I never saw coming. There were moments when I was certain I knew what was coming and….nope! I feel like I cannot even talk about certain characters in fear of giving anything away.
Riley Sager writes really well and sets the scene brilliantly. There are parts in the earlier chapters where you can feel he is a little overly descriptive. Remember it. It all makes sense in the later chapters. I cannot wait to read more from him. 4.5 stars.