![]() ![]() Forty-eight hours later, Nora wakes up in a hospital bed with amnesia but knowing that someone in that house ended up dead. What begins as an awkward weekend where old tensions resurface and secrets are revealed turns terrifying when the group begins to believe that they are not alone in the woods. Why would Nora be invited to her estranged friend’s party, especially when she isn’t invited to the wedding? Despite her misgivings, Nora decides to attend. When Leonora (known to some as Lee and some as Nora) is invited to a bachelorette party at a remote glass house in the woods for a friend she hasn’t spoken to in years, she is at first doubtful. Of the many books I’ve read in this burgeoning new category, the one that stands above the rest for me is Ruth Ware’s IN A DARK, DARK WOOD. Needless to say, I’ve embraced the genre and read all the unreliable narrator thrillers I can get my hands on. And what could be more challenging than attempting to do this based on information from a narrator who may be lying or delusional? I love thrillers because they invite the reader to try to put together a puzzle-to solve a mystery or figure out where the plot is going before being told. ![]() In recent years, thrillers with unreliable narrators have become a thriving and best-selling genre, with books like GONE GIRL and THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN making way for countless others. ![]()
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