Hi friends! So today I'm going to be doing a review on "Middle Of The Night" by Riley Sager. This review is going to be short and sweet (like the title suggests) and spoiler free (however there will be the Goodreads synopsis in this and sometimes it can contain spoilers so please keep that in mind!)
"In the latest jaw - dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must contend with the long - ago disappearance of his childhood best friend - and the dark secrets lurking just beyond the safe confines of his picture - perfect neighbourhood.
The worst thing to ever happen on Hemlock circle occurred in Ethan Marsh's backyard. One July night, ten - year - old Ethan and his best friend and neighbour, Billy, fell asleep in a tent set up on a manicured lawn in a quiet, quaint New Jersey cul de sac. In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. During the night, someone had sliced the tent open with a knife and taken Billy. He was never seen again.
Thirty years later, Ethan has reluctantly returned to his childhood home. Plagued by bad dreams and insomnia, he begins to notice strange things happening in the middle of the night. Someone seems to be roaming the cul de sac at odd hours, and signs of Billy's presence keep appearing in Ethan's backyard. Is someone playing a cruel prank? Or has Billy, long thought to be dead, somehow returned to Hemlock Circle?
The mysterious occurrences prompt Ethan to investigate what really happened that night, a quest that reunites him with a former friends and neighbours and leads him into the woods that surround Hemlock Circle. Woods where Billy claimed monsters roamed and where a mysterious institute does clandestine research on a crumbling estate.
The closer Ethan gets to the truth, the more he realizes that no place - be it quiet forest or suburban street - is completely safe. And that the past has a way of haunting the present."
I received this book as an ARC from Netgalley, however all opinions are my own.
So the reason I wanted to read this book is because I was scrolling on Netgalley and had heard so many good things about Riley Sager's writing so I decided to apply for it. Friends this book blew me away. I'm not going to lie, halfway through I got into a bit of a reading slump due to getting back into streaming and life being hectic but this sure brought me right back out of it too! This book was very mysterious and captivating throughout and left me wanting more every time I had to put it down. Nothing could have prepared me for the twists and turns throughout the novel, even the ones that weren't about Billy's disappearance really took me by surprise. Honestly, if I hadn't of been so busy I would of 100% read this book so much faster because I was eating it up every time. I loved that we got to jump between the past and the present and the jump between first person and third person for each (present being first, past being third) it really allowed us to get all sides of the story without just focusing on our MC. The writing also truly made me feel very empathetic to everything the MC was feeling to the point that when he was scared, I too was scared, when he was sad, I too was sad etc. I've had a good mix of mystery/thrillers this year and this one definitely is currently in my top 3. I would recommend this to anyone who just loves a good mystery/thriller.
I gave this book a 5/5 star rating on Goodreads!
This book is going to be released 2nd July 2024!
What did you think of this book? Who were your favourite or least favourite characters? Do you have any books you'd recommend for me to read and do a review on? Please let me know down in the comments below!
Have a wonderful day!
Love, Doe!
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