okay okay okay listen y’all, the mixed reviews had me sweating going into this one, but!!! this was so addicting I binged in a single day!!! 

if you give me a murder mystery in a creepy old house with an unsolved crime bleeding into a current crime, I AM 100% IN! it’s like riley sager knows the way to my thriller loving heart 🥹🫡

there were definitely elements from other common thrillers, but riley is the king of plot twists and fooled me into complacency 🤯 I was shook by the major twist at the end, even though it totally made sense in the long run

the ending did have a few plot holes that didn’t quite line up, leaving me a bit confused - BUT I didn’t linger on those concepts much since the bingeable, fast-paced plot really got me it was fantastic 

the characters were so unlikable that it was perfect for the plot, even though the reveal of the last character had me going “huh????” because it still makes no sense to me but WHATEVER 

riley sager is a king and I bow to him!!!!

rating: 4 stars
wine pairing: napa valley merlot