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A review by librarymouse
The Only One Left by Riley Sager

adventurous mysterious fast-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

4.75

This is an absolutely buck wild novel. It was very consumable and understandable in the moment, but once I tried to explain it to someone else, the twists take on such a startling depth of absurdity.
from what feels almost like a Gothic ghost story, to multiple cases of mistaken identity, to a house falling off a cliff, and the same man being guilty of the two deaths for which his daughter and the women she works as caregiver for are blamed, to a woman faking near full body paralysis and traum tic mutism for four decades, this novel is a rollercoaster from start to finish. I was not expecting the ending, though I did enjoy it. The image of Kit's father and Lenora holding hands in the foyer of the house where they both caused so much harm, as it collapsed into the sea, was unexpectedly vivid, poignant, and kind of funny.
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