Survive The Night - Riley Sager

Thriller

Rating: 8.5/10

On a snowy night in 1991, Charlie, a movie obsessed college student, finds herself in a car with a man who might be a serial killer. The longer she sits next to him, the more she believes that he is acting suspiciously and may in fact be guilty of the murder of her best friend. Dread and panic begin to seep in as she uncovers holes in his story.

But here’s the thing, Charlie has these episodes where she shifts into a deeper level of her imagination, where real life happenings begin to look like scenes from a movie. So, is what happening real? All in her head? And what about the waitress at the diner in the middle of nowhere and the boyfriend she left back at college?  What role do they play?

The reader will be left to wonder who’s gaslighting who here.  Is Charlie the victim, or in fact perpetrating it upon herself. This was a clever concept that ensures this thriller will stand apart from the slew published each month.

This author knocks it out of the park again, delivering another edge of your seat story that will keep readers glued to the page.

P.S. Gaslighting: A form of psychological abuse where a person or persons make someone question their sanity, perception of reality or memory through a persistent false narrative.

Book Pairing(s): Lock Every Door by Riley Sager, Sadie by Courtney Summers, Girl Gone Mad by Avery Bishop