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There is no denying this book is full of plot holes. They are everywhere and they are glaring at you the entire time.

There's also no denying that our main protagonist, Kit the Carer, has zero common sense and you would worry leaving her in charge of a goldfish. Next door Bozo Kenny has more wisdom in him than Kit does.

However....

I couldn't put this down during daylight hours. I heard noises at night and at times felt pretty freaked out.

Love Riley Sager! Great spooky Halloween month read.

4⭐️/5⭐️

I‘m convinced Riley Sager needs to hurt real Ghostbusters for all these books. A thriller-mystery with plenty of twists and great reference on bad parenting lol.

I devouredddddddd this book. First Sager read and the majority of my expectations // guesses were blown out of the water with plot twists. And excellent read!

This book was going along fine. Trying to find out the truth about Lenore. Then the ending happened. So convoluted, it became too much for me. I wish I had liked this more. The little obituary at the end was cute.

This has been my favorite read of 2024 so far. It wasn‘t a super quick read which is what I was wanting. The other cool part was the story took place in the early 80s so there were some great references that jogged my childhood memories. The story line was well crafted with lots of moving parts, and the twist at the end was fantastic. I was not disappointed!

There‘s a lot I liked about this one and some stuff I didn‘t like. This was a lot. I always love how Riley Sager has twists that I don‘t see coming and the most compelling stories, but this one almost felt like a soap opera to me in some ways. I did like the twists and the story was good. I was really interested in the beginning and I definitely lost steam about halfway through. I liked this one. Just not my favorite.

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I listened to this with my mom and we were on the edge of our seats the whole time. So many twists and turns!! Always trying to guess what was coming

I had an error in my last post - I‘ve actually read 3 Sager books. I didn‘t like The House Across the Lake at all. The twist just wasn‘t consistent with the rest of the story. But THIS one - I had no clue what was coming for the last quarter of the book, but I felt like it was actually plausible. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

I‘m so generous with my stars, y‘all. Like I gave this one five stars because well, I flew through it and the twists totally blindsided me. It did feel like there were no twists in the first 3/4 then all of a sudden you‘re being jostled around from one roller coaster to another. Needless to say, I loved it 😂😂😂🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

This is obviously based on Lizzie Borden, and I thought it was a fun, twisty book. It could have been a little more creepy, but overall I enjoyed it.

I hadn‘t read Riley Sager in a while and I picked it up from a library display on impulse. It‘s perfect book to quickly read in the summer.

If this ends up being a thirteenth tale thing, I'm going to be really annoyed #sisters

My local book club pick , thrillers , crime not usually my bag so far I‘m finding it a bit of a slog just personal choice but iv read other thrillers more engrossing it doesn‘t help when one of the main characters - Kit just doesn‘t ring true ! Too little time 🕰️ too many other books 📚

MISTYYYYY 😍😍😍😍 Thank you for sending this to me! Can‘t wait to read it. I discovered that if I read this one, I‘ll have read all of his books - I guess I‘m a fan 😂😂 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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What a fun book!!!! I had a great time with this one.

Road tripping today!

Riley Sager has certainly written a thriller full of twists and turns. I really enjoyed reading it. I didn‘t figure out the final twist. 4.25/5

My mind has been blown! 🤯😱 It was SOOOOO good! Riley Sager is a freaking genius!

This is my favorite Riley Sager book yet! It‘s so twisty and twisted, full of hidden connections and subterfuge. And who can resist a dilapidated old mansion ready to fall right off the face of the earth? Loved it! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

This one was gothic and twisty, but a little slow. Like a good sorbet. A palate cleanser between better books.

Oh, I had a fun time reading the last one of Sager‘s on my TBR! Set in 1983, disgraced caregiver, Kit takes on the only job left to her— caring for the paralyzed and infamous Lenora Hope in the crumbling manor where in 1929, her parents and sister were presumably murdered by Lenora herself, though no arrests were ever made. Fast-paced and nostalgic, I enjoyed the twists (some more expected than others) and I can‘t wait for his next book!

The twists!!

March I‘m going to put Gone too Far, but all my March reads did not compare to the tagged. 🥰💛

A plot that started out promising and intriguing soon started crumbling much like the cliff and house at Hope's End. The term “jump the shark“ comes to mind.
The narration of some of the voices was beyond grating so really i finished this just for completionist reasons.
So, have a gratuitous photo of this little dude celebrating his first birthday this past weekend (as well as Easter); one down and a ton more to go!

A solid quick mystery read. Seemed to drag in many places, most of the twists were predictable but aligned well. Not sure I‘d recommend to anyone unless they are a fan of the author or needed a simple beach read.

I‘m not sure if I can really recommend Sager‘s latest. The first 2/3 of the book is slow, laying almost more of a back story than needed. The last third of the book has so many plot twists, it‘s almost hard to keep track. In short, the pacing is really weird. The plot: fleeing a personal scandal Kit McDeere becomes caretaker for Lenora Hope accused, but never convicted of her family‘s murder. Now she wants to tell her story.

Holy twists Batman! The book read like a whodunit until the last 50 pages or so. Then it was twist after twist and reveal after reveal. I very much enjoyed it, it was a fun quick read.

I found it mediocre. There were SO many distractions that I genuinely did not enjoy it. Most of the book was speculation, and the true events of the murders weren‘t revealed until the very end. I felt like I read two books. The first being the author‘s attempt to fool the reader (it was overwhelming) the second was the novel I actually wanted to read. The book got good reviews, so I‘ll chalk up my dislike to not connecting with the writing style.

I did it again, read a thriller when it‘s not my go-to genre. It was this month‘s book club pic. It was well written, and it wasn‘t a bad book, but it just didn‘t draw me in. If you like thrillers, you would probably love this one. I did like the setting. Nothing better than an old house on a cliff next to the ocean. Not much else to say about this one. It just wasn‘t for me.

I rooted for Kit and loved her relationship with her patient. Otherwise characters were mysterious enough to keep me guessing who couldn't be trusted.

I loved the atmosphere, I thought several times that I wouldn't like to live there where Kit did xD

At some point I started to feel frustrated because things were revealed slowly. This was a bit wild, there were pretty unbelievable twists. Some I guessed, some not.

Overall I enjoyed!

5✨ I was completely absorbed in this book. Multiple murders presumably made by an elderly client of a care giver. Unfortunately, Kit has to work this job because she messed up last time. She‘s scared, but learns to help her client under Ms Baker‘s directions since the elderly woman that needs help cannot speak or move. Mystery shrouds this whole storm. I figured out some of them, but not everything. I would definitely recommend. #Snowedin

I knew it! 🤩🤯

I read this one in two days. Definitely has a twist at every corner and just when you think youve figured it out another bombshell is dropped. So much happens in this one it takes your mind a minute to wrap your head around everything. Definitely a good one!

“You‘re never alone when there‘s a book nearby”

I don‘t know. I‘m so torn with this one. First of all, I love Riley Sager. This was long, a little out there, and I found myself rolling my eyes a lot. Did I love it, no. Did I like it, yes. I definitely needed to finish it, so there‘s something to say about that.

Very slow in the beginning but totally worth the read! This book has so many twists and turns. 🏠

⭐️⭐️⭐️ this was an entertaining, though pretty unbelievable, story. But that ending…. So many eye rolls, went from a 4 star to 3 for me 🙄🙄🙄 #fluff

I was so nervous going into this one because the reviews were so split. People either loved it or hated it. I thought it was fantastic and just really fun to read. I loved the atmosphere, so perfect for October reading. #12Booksof2023

4.5🌟

I gobbled this book right up! It was entertaining until the last page and kept the mystery alive. My complaints are that I didn‘t get attached to any of the characters and the end did need a good amount of explanation to bring it full circle. This book is very similar to Colleen Hoover‘s Verity. A spooky, thrilling, fun ride !

“Even a prison becomes comforting if it‘s the only thing you know.”

Whenever a book/author is popular, I go into it with much trepidation. This time, I was not disappointed. I never had firm footing (indeed no one in the novel did either) and I was delightfully surprised by the twists and turns. I kept thinking I had it down, then the floor would drop out from under me. Really well done.

I don‘t know why, but I had low expectations going into this one. I think because the last Gothic novel I read was more of a ‘funny tale‘ on a gothic novel than actually one. This story was great though, good plot twists, at times I thought I had it figured out it then I didn‘t. The ‘coming apart at the seams‘ metaphor being brought to life in the physicality of the mansion. Murder, love, deceit, revenge, and so much more.

A good thriller but the twists were kind of odd, but enjoyable.

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4/5

My first Riley Sager novel. So many twists! I thought I had figured some of it out early on but things kept changing until the very end!

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Here's how my #October2023 ended for #BookSpinBingo! I'm still light on my reading due to student teaching, but I only have 4 weeks left! #careerchange #lifegoals #almosthere #bookworminmetamorphisis