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5 Stars • "The Only One Left" by Riley Sager is a Gothic thriller set in 1983. Kit McDeere, a home-health aide with a troubled past, cares for Lenora Hope, an elderly, mute woman suspected of murdering her family in 1929 at Hope‘s End, a decaying Maine mansion. As Lenora types her story, Kit uncovers deception among the estate‘s odd staff, leading to shocking twists in a suspenseful mystery.

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The gothic mansion was literally slipping off the cliff as MC care person tried to figure out who really killed 3 people decades earlier in the same house, and possibly her predecessor. Bananas! That‘s the word to describe the twists and turns. Totally fun popcorn thriller. If you‘re not down with the completely implausible, then you should skip this one.

I feel like this observation is old school. Thinking about self-important men these days, I see them beating their chests.

A lot.

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#ReadYourKindle selections for February. I think I can manage these since they all seem like pretty quick reads. Having a thriller as the first pick should motivate me🤞🏼

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The Last One Left is a solid five star read in my opinion. This book deviated from his usual formula of storytelling in a good way. I really liked each and every twist. #RileySager #TheOnlyOneLeft

Time to catch up on a book that I set aside a while back. I am going to catch up on this and book 8. Book 9 is coming soon and Riley is currently writing book 10. #theonlyoneleft #rileysager

In one word: BONKERS! (But in a good way).
I thoroughly enjoyed this thriller, and the mental gymnastics required to follow the storyline through to its end. The Only One Left drew me in from beginning to end.

@KT1432 Kaleah, this is Maggie living her new toys....thank you again♥️

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.

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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.

Not really sure where to start where my review of this one. There are several elements of this that I loved: a story within, there was one particular twist that is one of my favorite twists in all of Sager's books & the main character. Then there were several elements that I disliked: a twist towards the end that I frankly hated, the main character while often endearing was also frequently annoying. In terms of ranking: second from last place.

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. 🏠