Survive the Night: A Novel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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Summary

Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Prologue-Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8-Epilogue

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

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Discussion Questions

Essay Topics

Besides Survive the Night, Riley Sager has also written other psychological thrillers, including Final Girls and The Last Time I Lied. How do the themes and tropes in Survive the Night compare with the ones in the other two books?

Charlie’s conversation with Marge in the bathroom helps Charlie reach an epiphany about how women are blamed for violence against them. How well does Sager apply feminist ideas in this novel, and how does the portrayal of women in this novel reflect on Charlie’s statement? Why?

What effect does Sager’s structure and chapter division have on the novel’s pace and format? How does it reflect the thriller genre?