Review by the_bookish_babee - The Only One Left

the_bookish_babee 's review for:

The Only One Left by Riley Sager

5.0

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

“‘𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤,’ 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲. ‘𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫’”

⭐️: 5

tw: alcoholism, cancer, suicide attempt, murder, violence, abortion

🔪 murder mystery

🔪 gothic thriller

🔪 shocking secrets

🔪 comedic elements

kit is a caretaker. she previously had an incident happen with a former patient, but has recently been reinstated. her first job since coming back is going to hope’s end to take care of lenora hope, a woman rumored to have killed her entire family at the age of 17

everyone in town knows the famous chant of what happened that night:

at seventeen, lenora hope hung her sister with a rope. stabbed her father with a knife, took her. mother’s happy life. “it wasn’t me,” lenora said, but she’s the only one not dead

mysterious things start happening around the mansion. at first, kit blames it on just being paranoid about the chant. but she soon realizes it’s not paranoia

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i really liked this book! it was a quick listen and i was eager to continue listening. i really enjoyed the fact that this book kept me guessing on what was happening. i didn’t start figuring things out until hints were dropped & we were meant to figure them out

jessie was definitely my favorite character & had me laughing throughout the book

{minor spoiler}

when lenora lied to the detective that she couldn’t use the typewriter, i was cracking up 🤣

this was my first riley sager book & i can’t wait to read more!

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