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54 reviews

Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The ending had me SAT!! I genuinely thought I knew what was gonna happen and was completely blindsided by it! Loved it!

The Only One Left by Riley Sager

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is a slow burn that once it starts unraveling doesn’t stop! It was really good! I thought I knew what the ending would be but was pleasantly surprised about how everything played out. Riley Sager did a fantastic job, there was not a single question I had that was left unanswered. 

They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book was so good. Started and finished all in one day. Scarlett, you are so very personal to me. The anger she has felt, the rage, the frustration, are all things I have felt. She truly is a “good for her” legend. This is like Promising Young Woman if Promising Young Woman didn’t dick out. They took the easy way of killing our girl. Here she doesn’t die. 

Hooked by Emily McIntire

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Golden Son by Pierce Brown

challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Another five star read. That ending fucked me up completely. SOMEONE MIST DO TIME!! So many people dying like omg😭. Most of my favs out of the two books are dead, I’m in sPAIN!

Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas
Did not finish book. Stopped at 25%.

Unfortunately to much is going on. There are so many troops at play that I just can’t with it. And the writing is just not it FOR ME!