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The Only One Left by Riley Sager
2.0
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This wasn’t a suspense, it was a soap opera. I’ve never seen so much thrown at the reader with such little time left in the book, and all of it so coincidental that none of it really made sense. Even for a fiction book the events were extremely unlikely to all be happening at the end so nicely tied up in a bow. And the twists after the twists at the very very end were even worse! With how little suspense/horror actually happening in this book, I’d label it a drama way before I ever put the “horror” or “thriller” tags on the description. Just wow. Very disappointed.