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Riley Sager

Start date: March 1, 2023

Finish date: March 31, 2023

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Apr 29, 2021 Dimas Rio rated it really liked it · review of another edition

TWISTY HORROR THRILLER.. BUT NOT WHAT I EXPECTED GOING IN.

3,5 STARS rounded up to 4.

I have read Riley Sager’s previous book, FINAL GIRLS and had fun with it. When I picked up a copy of this one, I expected the same kind of fun, twisty horror thiller. Here is my in depth review: https://youtu.be/AfdFfiw62Do ...more

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May 24, 2021 Karen D rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: thrillers, horror, mystery, book-about-books, suspense, 5-stars, crime, surprise-twist, ghosts, paranormal

This completely lived up to my expectations!

Synopsis: After her father's death, Maggie Holt returns to the house she and her family fled from 25 years earlier, and the subject of her father's non-fiction book recounting the haunting that occurred there. Maggie doesn't believe a word of it, and is back to remodel the house to sell it. But soon strange events start happening to make her question what she thought she knew.

I DEVOURED this. If it wasn't Sunday night, I would have stayed up through ...more

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Mar 21, 2022 Salma rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, mystery-thrillers, horror

What a fantastic story! It's been a while since I've read such a good mystery-- though there are some pretty scary parts in here that rival Stephen King.

Twenty-five years ago, Ewan Holt escaped his newly-bought home with his young daughter Maggie and his wife Jess, claiming that the old house's ghosts had literally driven them out. Ewan wrote a book about the house, and it became "Amityville Horror" famous.

Now Maggie's in her thirties and her father has just died. And she's inherited the haunt ...more

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Mar 30, 2022 Gwen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: uno-game-2022

A wild ride through a haunted house and the story behind the hauntings - but is it really? What really happened at Baneberry Hall 25 years ago and what is happening there now? Told in two alternating parts - the Book written about the alleged hauntings and the current story, 25 years later - we follow Maggie Holt as she returns to the house after the death of her father. With many characters and a few different histories, I occasionally lost track of the different families involved and had to st ...more

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May 12, 2021 Dimas Rio rated it really liked it

TWISTY HORROR THRILLER.. BUT NOT WHAT I EXPECTED GOING IN.

3,5 STARS rounded up to 4.

I have read Riley Sager’s previous book, FINAL GIRLS and had fun with it. When I picked up a copy of this one, I expected the same kind of fun, twisty horror thriller. Here is my review: https://youtu.be/AfdFfiw62Do ...more

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