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Survive the Night: A Novel
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Survive the Night is a psychological thriller novel written by Todd Ritter under the pseudonym Riley Sager in 2021. The novel follows movie fan and college student Charlie Jordan as she takes a car ride with a stranger named Josh Baxter to her hometown in Ohio in November 1991. During this car ride, she comes to suspect that Josh is the Campus Killer who murdered three young women, including her best friend Maddy. However, her trauma and movie-style hallucinations cause her to question her reality. Survive the Night explores the themes of The Blurred Line Between Reality and Imagination, Trust Versus Paranoia, The Wrongful Blaming of Women for Misogynistic Violence, and The Devastation of Grief. Riley Sager has written several other thriller novels, including his 2017 debut novel Final Girls, his 2018 novel The Last Time I Lied, and the 2020 novel Home Before Dark.
This study guide refers to the 2022 paperback edition.
Content Warning: This novel contains depictions of mental health crises, misrepresentation of mental health conditions, psychological manipulation, suicidal ideation and attempted suicide, and mentions of sexual violence, which this guide discusses.
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