It is so easy for us in 2021 to say that we would not have gotten in the car but I’ve been told that this was a different time. The early nineties setting adds to the tension because their is no internet to look someone up on or a cell phone to immediately call for help. You have no idea what’s real and what is in Charlie’s imagination for the first two-thirds of the book. My thoughts: This is the tensest book I’ve read in a very long time. But after the all the trauma she has been through in the last few months, is Charlie imaging the warning signs or is she really in danger? While posting a notice on her schools ride share board, she runs into another student Josh, who just so happens to be leaving the next day.ĭuring their ride, Charlie can’t help but feel that Josh isn’t being completely honest with her about his background and intentions. Overview: Charlie desperately needs to get out of town following the brutal murder of her best friend Maddy by a local serial killer. Are things really what they appear to be or did you trick yourself into believing a lie?

The tension created in this novel is because of that unreliable memory. I have an ex that will swear to you things occurred very differently from what I remember to be true. I usually refrain from spoilers in reviews but this book would be very difficult to go through without them so I’m going to break my own rule for this one.ĭo you ever daydream about something that happened in the past or something you are hoping will happen in the future? Supposedly you can change your memories by running a different scenario in your head over and over again. The road that will take them out of New Jersey, all the way across Pennsylvania, and into Ohio.Īnd Charlie has no idea who the man driving her there really is.” Riley Sager, Survive the Night

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