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A review by voxvenati
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I don’t think Riley Sager is for me.
The pacing and structure of this is mind-boggling, in the worst way possible. Why introduce mysteries only to answer them a chapter or two later? Why make the whole thing feel like one type of book just to swing hard in the other direction at the end? Why did I read through so much that didn’t matter?? Baffling.
The prose is so amateurish that it can be hard to read. It feels really first-draft at times, even though I know Sager is a prolific writer. Not sure what’s up with that.
This only gets a slight boost in rating for little Henry. That was cute. I give him that.
To sum it up in the words of the book:
The pacing and structure of this is mind-boggling, in the worst way possible. Why introduce mysteries only to answer them a chapter or two later? Why make the whole thing feel like one type of book just to swing hard in the other direction at the end? Why did I read through so much that didn’t matter?? Baffling.
The prose is so amateurish that it can be hard to read. It feels really first-draft at times, even though I know Sager is a prolific writer. Not sure what’s up with that.
This only gets a slight boost in rating for little Henry. That was cute. I give him that.
To sum it up in the words of the book:
…the truth was so mundane, so boringly human.