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Violence
Some
Disappearances and physical threat in the summer camp thriller setting
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild adult content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The unreliable memory of a traumatic night and the slow revelation of what actually happened create sustained psychological dread
What this book is about
Riley Sager's psychological thriller follows Emma Davis, a painter whose three cabinmates disappeared on the last night of summer camp fifteen years ago. When she returns to teach at the camp, the past begins to reassert itself. Sager constructs tight psychological suspense with an unreliable narrator and genuine twists. The violence and threat are present throughout in the suspense thriller tradition.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Missing persons and possible murder
Unreliable narrator with significant twists
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