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Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
3.75
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Started listening to the audiobook because I'd caught snippets of it while my husband had it playing on the way back from our honeymoon. It sounded interesting, and then I needed to know what happened haha. 

I think listening to it on audio had its pros and cons. The narrators were good, but I also think it kept me from being fully absorbed in the spooky/creepy/thriller aspect of it all, which isn't all bad because I was able to listen and find out what happened but also not feel too scared.

I enjoyed the switching POV between Maggie and excerpts from her dad's book. It kept me guessing at what was real or not. I thought the ending was very interesting, I thought I had suspected it but then it still had some twists. I didn't feel that all the loose ends were tied up as nicely as I'd hoped, but I still thought it was good.

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