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A review by spellbindingtomes
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ
๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ
๐๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ'๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ
"๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ," ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ.
๐๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ:
In 1929, the Hope family was murdered in their Maine mansion, with seventeen-year-old Lenora Hope the sole survivor. Though suspected, she was never charged. By 1983, an elderly and mute Lenora remains in Hope's End mansion, communicating only by typewriter. When Kit McDeere becomes her home-health aide, Lenora offers to finally tell her storyโbut her story may not be what it seems.
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The Only One Left had me completely captivated with its gothic atmosphere at Hope's End mansion. Riley Sager crafts an eerie, creeping tension that seeps through every page.
The story of Lenora Hope and Kit McDeere starts as a slow-burning mystery that had me hanging on every word Lenora typed out on her typewriter.
While the first half is a solid 4-star atmospheric thriller, the latter portion became tangled in its own web of revelations. The twists started piling up and there were a lot of coincidences that didn't make total sense.
I don't want to give away any spoils so I won't go into details, but if you love gothic atmospheric thrillers with a lot of twists, then give this a try!
๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ
๐๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ'๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ
"๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ," ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ.
๐๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ:
In 1929, the Hope family was murdered in their Maine mansion, with seventeen-year-old Lenora Hope the sole survivor. Though suspected, she was never charged. By 1983, an elderly and mute Lenora remains in Hope's End mansion, communicating only by typewriter. When Kit McDeere becomes her home-health aide, Lenora offers to finally tell her storyโbut her story may not be what it seems.
โข
โข
โข
The Only One Left had me completely captivated with its gothic atmosphere at Hope's End mansion. Riley Sager crafts an eerie, creeping tension that seeps through every page.
The story of Lenora Hope and Kit McDeere starts as a slow-burning mystery that had me hanging on every word Lenora typed out on her typewriter.
While the first half is a solid 4-star atmospheric thriller, the latter portion became tangled in its own web of revelations. The twists started piling up and there were a lot of coincidences that didn't make total sense.
I don't want to give away any spoils so I won't go into details, but if you love gothic atmospheric thrillers with a lot of twists, then give this a try!
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship