#the only one left

[maybebabyplease]

for the @wolfstarmicrofic prompt:

smoke

Remus almost expects to see smoke billowing up from their home when he gets back. It would feel appropriate, since everything else has gone up in flames. He sighs and trudges up the stairs, all four flights. His knee hurts. Two days after the full, he should be resting, but sleep doesn’t come. He tries to count sheep. They turn to rats and deer and shaggy black dogs in his head.

It’s just Remus now, the only one left, sitting on the floor of his empty flat; perhaps he’ll light the wretched thing on fire himself.

#wolfstar microfic #sirius black #remus lupin #wolfstar #i am thinking about 11/11/81 every day now actually #so you are getting sad shit from me! #poor little sweet remus #the only one left #em goes micro

[bangbangwhoa]

books I’ve read in 2023 📖 no. 069

The Only One Left by Riley Sager

“At seventeen, Lenora Hope

Hung her sister with a rope

Stabbed her father with a knife

Took her mother's happy life”

#books #2023 reads #the only one left #riley sager #booklr #lit edit

[vensulove]

my body is dead, but my mind is still alive.

-riley sager, the only one left

#the only one left #riley sager #books #book moodboard #the only one left moodboard #moodboard #dark moodboard #creepy #creepy moodboard #mystery #mysterious moodboard

[home-ward]

☕️ book talk

I just finished reading “The Only One Left” by Riley Sager.

I couldn’t put the book down.

When I first started it, I was intrigued by the mystery. Then I was hooked. But life got in the way. I had to put it down for a few days. Then I caught a cold and had time to sit in bed and read. This is the only benefit to catching colds. Then I was bathed in the story. I read for hours.

The book is about a caregiver who has to care for a killer. She must learn if the woman she cares for could have really committed multiple murders. The caregiver herself has been accused of murder…but neither of them have been convicted…

What a concept for a story. As the book went on, I began enjoying the main character (Kit) and how unreliable every other character was. Lenora was the accused murderer who needed caring for, and her life was also fascinating to me. But Kit was unraveling the mystery. There were twists and turns. Some of them were unbelievable. Some were delicious. This was a story like a ball of yarn. It was tangled. Each of the characters had suspicions about each other. I couldn’t imagine how it would end. I thought I knew, and I was wrong.

I think this could be critiqued for an overly complicated story. But I considered it similar to Knives Out, a blur of moral ambiguity.

In the end, I decided it was brilliant, for it held my attention till the very end. Now that it’s done, I want to read it all over to check for the clues that were there all along.

#booklr #books #book review #study blog #mine #autumn aesthetic #bookish #the only one left #Riley sager #mystery thriller #mystery thriller books

[lakecountylibrary]

Book Rec: The Only One Left by Riley Sager

Audiobook narrated by Christine Lakin and Dawn Harvey (12 hours, 37 minutes)

This was my first foray into the world of author Riley Sager and it was not a disappointment. The Only One Left is full of twists and turns, and while a few are predictable, the majority kept me guessing.

I listened to this novel over six days, and I have to say I looked forward to my audiobook time daily. There really weren't any slow parts and the narration was convincing. Both narrators spoke with what has come to be known as the generic Midwest accent, even though the story takes place in Maine.

It may be more challenging for readers under 40 to relate to the book, because it takes place in the 1980s, back in the days of cassette tapes and boom boxes. Normally I prefer books that take place in modern day, but I'm glad I gave this one a chance!

Check out The Only One Left

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#the only one left #riley sager #book recommendations #book recs #book review #bookblr #books and reading #thriller #mystery #1980s #LCPL recs #brennasrecs

[pleasedontlookatmeokay]

i read a lot and here are some of my favourite book covers from what ive read so far this year

#a touch of jen #foe #the black flamingo #how to sell a haunted house #dark waters #the carnivorous carnival #chainsaw man 5 #disorientation #the vegetarian #the only one left

[marthawrites]

Here are my March reads! General thoughts below the cut ♥

The September House: If you watched and enjoyed the first season of American Horror Story "Murder House", I highly recommend this book! I honestly loved this story. From start to end I was hooked. The writing and cadence was really great, I loved the visuals the author created with their descriptions, it was dark, and it was funnier in parts that I was thought it would be. It was a wild ride and I was on for the WHOLE thing!

The War of Two Queens: At this point this story is insane and crazy and the twists NEVER STOP. I say this lovingly - it feels silly at times. BUT at the end of the day I am in love with and obsessed with these stupid characters!! Excited to move onto the next book!

The Only One Left: I have seen this book ALL over the place. After reading the synopsis at the beginning of the year I immediately added it to my TBR. Tbh I wasn't sure what to expect because it's so hyped. I was NOT disappointed though! At all! I loved this story so much. It would be awesome to see it adapted into a movie. If you're on the fence about reading it, or want to read a thriller with well-written characters, this is the book! Crazy twists, turns, beautiful descriptions, and an ending that had me SO emotional!

Behind the Net: I got this baby for $1.99 on a daily audible deal. It was my first hockey (or sports, in general) romance and it was fun read. It had the grumpy + sunshine trope which is honestly SO much fun! The writing was a bit clunky and repetitive for my taste, but for 2 bucks and an entertaining plot I'm not complaining. I probably will not read the next book in this series, but I did enjoy this one. Fair warning though, after the sexual tension breaks it gets preeeetty smutty!

Glint: I fell in LOVE with Rot and his Wrath in this book. I love Lu and she quickly became one of my favorites - as well as Keg LOL. I ate this up and quickly moved on to the third book. By the end of this story I hated Midas. He makes Tamlin look like the worlds best boyfriend EVER

Gleam: WOWOWOWW. I HATE HATE HATE HATE MIDAS. Seriously FUCK this guy. This book made me SO angry and if it weren't for the book club I'm reading it for, I probably wouldn't have finished it. I understand suffering is part of the story - I'm not here for fluffy rainbows and unicorn cotton candy - but DAMN. I was pissed off and emotional for the majority of this book. By the end I was SCREAMING. The end made some of Auren's suffering worth it, but our girl deserves to burn the whole fucking world down

#2024 reading #the september house #the war of two queens #the only one left #behind the net #glint #gleam

[iwriteaboutfeminism]

#personal #the only one left #riley sager #bookblr #books #reading

[books-and-cookies]

5 SECOND REVIEW

#books #booklr #bookblr #book reviews #the only one left #riley sager #mary says stuff about

[sassmill]

Oops I decided to read two hundred pages of a book in one sitting and now it’s almost midnight

#Riley sager man #he gets it #currently reading #the only one left #riley sager

[heatherfield]

I can't believe this random Riley Sager book put Cruella and Archie in closer contact than "Once Upon a Time" ever did.

#once upon a time #archie hopper #cruella de vil #the only one left #riley sager #with her nose stuck in a book #heather reads #such wasted potential #honestly the name 'archie' keeps popping up on me haha

[princessofbookaholics]

sleepy readathon is going great! the only one left by riley sager has made me stay up later than i would like to for the past few nights because i am so invested! definitely finishing this today 🪻

#books #booklr #book #reading #read #bookworm #reads #bookaholic #bookaddict #currently reading #the only one left #riley sager #thriller #sleepyreadathon #readathon #readathon update

[magickpumpkin]

I love books that take place in a creepy murder mansion that sits either on a hill or on a cliff near the sea! This book in particular deals with ghastly murders, bumps in the night, and a mystery that is over 50 years old (50 years from 1983).

You can tell the story is inspired by Lizzie Borden but it does have its own twist and turns that I didn’t even see coming! I think things got a little too twisty at the end - but it did have a good ending for the most part!

Summary:

Lenora Hope is accused of murdering her whole family (mom, dad, and sister) but the police could never prove it. Think Lizzie Borden

Now she is in her 70s and needs a new caregiver to help her as she cannot move anything but her left arm and also cannot speak. She had someone helping her, but her current nurse just left in the middle of the night - no note or anything - BUT left all her belongings in her room. SUPER SUS

Kit is the new caregiver who feels very strangely about being in the mansion and is wary of taking care of Lenora as she has her suspicions, and perhaps superstitions. However, her curiosity is peaked when Lenora (with the help of her typewriter) tells Kit 1 thing - “I want to tell you everything, things I've never told anyone else, yes about that night, because I trust you” (beetch you just met her?!?!?! SUPER SUS)

So Kit stays - because she is nosy like the rest of us and wants to find out what happened that night. Perhaps Lenora wants to confess before she dies. Or perhaps it's something more sinister.

#book reviews #book #booklr #bookstagram #murder mystery #the only one left #Riley Sager #thriller #mystery #what a twist #books and reading #books to read

[onebluebookworm]

Ranking Books I Read on 2023: 25-21

25. Gallant - V.E. Schwab

This book is weird. There's no dancing around it. And not even really in a "holy shit what did I just read" kind of way that I might have liked more, more like reading out of the dream journal of a particularly creative and fandom-obsessed teen girl. Which is fine. That's not my jam as an adult, but I can appreciate weird books written specifically for weird little girls. If you have any of those in your life, they'd like this. Not really for me tho.

24. Afterlife by Paul Monette

This book will rip you open. What I went into thinking was gonna be a sort of serious found family romp turned out to be pretty bleak, but with a smidgen of hope at the end. This book is basically "not everyone who grieves can be saved from the self-destruction unhealthy coping mechanisms they have, and you can try to help them as much as you can, but not at the expense of your own health and well-being" and yes that's an immensely painful lesson to learn, but in the AIDS epidemic? That was basically a survival mantra. A little too much for me, but I can appreciate what it was doing.

23. The Skull - Jon Klassen

Does anyone remember that Twitter post with this author asking if any librarians could help him find a fairy tale he randomly stumbled across in an Alaskan librarian and couldn't remember the name of? Yeah, that was Jon Klassen, and that fairy tale inspired this book. That alone is pretty neat, but this book actually succeeds in being really charming and cute. I've always like Klassen's art style, and it's put to good use here. Plus, I'm always a sucker for skeletons. I just am.

22. Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond

Another hurty read. Although it occasionally gets a bit stuffy and historical, it does provide a lot of context for everything, and the book is so short otherwise you can basically forgive it. This book will make you feel bad about everything though.

21. The Only One Left - Riley Sager

This book is silly, alright? It's pure, unadulterated, melodramatic nonsense. And it was honestly really refreshing. Maybe it was because I read this right after I finished The Poisonwood Bible and Lives of Girls and Women and just needed a breather, but it was fun and dumb and I actually had fun trying to guess the mystery. A good palate cleanser book if you're into these sorts of things.

#ranking books 2023 #gallant #ve schwab #afterlife #paul monette #the skull #jon klassen #nobody #marc lamont hill #the only one left #riley sager

[loverslibraries]

One of my several book clubs picked The Only One Left by Riley Sager for the month of December. Let's talk:

One of my favorite booktubers (which shares similar tastes in books with me) read this book and wasn't a fan of the many plot twists. All I have heard about this book was the fucking plot twists being horrible. I simply have to see how horrible they are for myself.

As always, I'll update you later tonight <3

PS IM READING THIS ON MY NEW KINDLE WOOOOOOO

#currently reading #riley sager #the only one left #book #reading thread

[hpldreads]

If you read and enjoyed "The Only One Left" by Riley Sager you might like "The Book of Cold Cases" by Simone St. James.

The Book of Cold Cases: "A true crime blogger gets more than she bargained for while interviewing the woman acquitted of two cold case slayings in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel. In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by the Lady Killer Murders: Two men, seemingly randomly, were murdered with the same gun, with strange notes left behind. Beth Greer was the perfect suspect--a rich, eccentric twenty-three-year-old woman, seen fleeing one of the crimes. But she was acquitted, and she retreated to the isolation of her mansion. Oregon, 2017. Shea Collins is a receptionist, but by night, she runs a true crime website, the Book of Cold Cases--a passion fueled by the attempted abduction she escaped as a child. When she meets Beth by chance, Shea asks her for an interview. To Shea's surprise, Beth says yes. They meet regularly at Beth's mansion, though Shea is never comfortable there. Items move when she's not looking, and she could swear she's seen a small girl outside the window. The allure of learning the truth about the case from the smart, charming Beth is too much to resist, but even as they grow closer, Shea senses something isn't right. Is she making friends with a manipulative murderer, or are there other dangers lurking in the darkness of the Greer house?"

#the only one left #riley sager