Paula Hawkins 2014
- What it is
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A narrator who doesn't tell you the truth · nobody is entirely good
- Genre
- Thriller Mystery
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It's hiding a secret · a place nobody can leave
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It won't tell you everything at once · properly scary
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No clean hands here · nothing is quite what it seems
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You need to know how it ends · it tells it straight
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A mystery you want to solve · you'll finish it in two nights
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It won't tell you everything at once · it'll scare you
The Bourne Identity
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It grabs you with a mystery · you can't put it down
Sahara
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You need to know how it ends · a world to get lost in
Presumed Innocent
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The truth comes out bit by bit · a trial at the heart of the story
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It won't tell you everything at once · nothing is quite what it seems
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You end up rooting for the wrong people · you'll keep turning it over for days
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The truth comes out bit by bit · you'll keep turning it over for days
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It's hiding a secret · it messes with your head
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Nobody is entirely good · a twist at the end that changes everything
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Only unreliable narrator
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Caroline Kepnes 2014
A reader shelved it with yours in Narrators you can't trust for a second
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Nobody is entirely good · you can't put it down
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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