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courtofbooksanddogs 's review for:
Middle of the Night
by Riley Sager
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is my second book by Sager and while I liked this one better than The Only One Left, I was disappointed at the “thrill” aspect of this thriller. I found the twists to be predictable and I saw all of them coming a mile away. I did find several of the plot lines in to be very sad and I even teared up once which I didn’t expect to feel out of a thriller novel. If you enjoy Sager, I imagine you’d enjoy this too!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail