Tag Archives: Psychological Thriller
The Woman in the Window Review: Slick, Familiar Hitchcock Homage
A slick, cinematic thriller with a strong narrator and real atmosphere, but it borrows heavily [...]
The Girl on the Train Review: A Blackout Mystery That Mostly Works
A gripping, grubby psychological thriller narrated by an unreliable alcoholic commuter; clever use of memory [...]
The Silent Patient Review: One Great Hook, One Big Twist
A fast, readable psychological thriller built around a silent killer and a big twist; entertaining [...]
Gone Girl Review: A Marriage Thriller With Teeth
A sharp, nasty, brilliantly structured thriller about a marriage and the stories spouses tell; its [...]
The Housemaid Review: Trashy, Twisty and Hard to Put Down
A pulpy, compulsively readable domestic thriller. The prose is flat and the logic thin, but [...]
Shutter Island Review: A Storm-Lashed Gothic Thriller That Holds Up
A storm-lashed gothic thriller whose famous reveal holds up on a second read. The middle [...]
The Talented Mr. Ripley Review: Rooting for the Wrong Man
Highsmith's chilling study of envy and identity makes you complicit with a charming sociopath; a [...]
Verity Review: Colleen Hoover’s Lurid, Divisive Thriller
A lurid, gripping thriller built around a monstrous manuscript. It's hard to stop reading, but [...]
Misery Review: Stephen King’s Tightest, Cruellest Thriller
Stephen King's tightest novel: a two-hander about a writer and his captor that's terrifying, funny [...]