I thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book. This author was new to me and I was not let down. It was a great story and very well written. The characters were easy to relate to and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I highly recommend this to everyone!!

Good book for anyone new to this genre, but for those that are familiar with it, the slow pace-especially at the beginning-doesn't necessarily pay off given how predictable the book can be.

I received a copy of this book from netgalley in return for my honest review. This book was so good. It kept my attention and really kept me guessing!!!! I never knew what was going to happen next!!!! I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery!!

Slow paced thriller. Had some twists but in the end it was predictable for the reader.
Great potential in writing style in this debut, but this book didn’t catch me hook, line and sinker.

I received this ebook copy from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A great novel, beautiful depiction of the characters with some tense moments thrown into the mix. Will definitely pick more books by this talented author.

I have incredibly mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I thought that the concept and general plot line were interesting. I liked the idea that a woman has doubts about an incident that occurred several years prior and begins to ask questions. I also liked that Lindsay didn’t trust her own memories, and I found her investigation to be fascinating. The plot itself, with its twists and a few “no way!” moments, was very well-done. On the other hand, however, I could not bring myself to care about any of the characters. The whole hipster vibe and the wallowing in how cool they once were didn’t do anything for me. Lindsay spent a lot of time feeling sorry for herself, and it frankly got annoying. That being said, I’m not sure the book would have worked as well if the characters were anything BUT what they were – and that’s why I feel conflicted. Great plot, loathsome characters. Thank you to Crown Publishing, NetGalley, and the author for a complimentary pre-release digital ARC of this book.

The Lost Night is an intriguing thriller, focusing not on a present crime, but on a past one. Fascinating thoughts on memory, especially through the eyes of someone who fears herself and who hates the medication she takes (first doled out by her parents--there's an pretty strong indictment of medicating children here, so keep in mind for those who might be triggered).

As a thriller, this works in that you don't (or I didn't) get who the killer is right away, which is nice. The only downside is that it's hard to be as invested in Edie's death as thr author wants as she's such a manic pixie dream girl--she clearly exists to be the girl everyone envies, the one all the guys want, the one who makes everyone feel special, who makes everything more intense, etc. while having (not so well hidden) problems, family and otherwise. I would have cared more about the past if Edie hadn't been such a cliche.

Still, this is different and interesting and definitely does a great job of masking the killer. Recommended with a caveat for the possible triggers of manic pixie dream girl and for opposition
to medicating children with mental illness.

Going home ten years after you leave is always a good feeling but scary in the same way. Lindsay left her hometown and buried her memories. When she arrives, there is no escaping her trying to find the truth of what happened to her friend Edie, the night she can't remember ten years ago.

As Lindsey begins to ask questions, she learns things about herself she may not like and starts to wonder if she's the one who hurt her friend.

I really enjoyed this book. It wasn't pulse turning where I finished it in one day but it was steal a good read.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

The Lost Night
by Andrea Bartz
Published: February 26, 2019 by Crown Publishing
Genre/Category: Mystery & Thrillers
Read For: NetGalley Review

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3 stars

Book synopsis from Amazon: What really happened the night Edie died? Years later, her best friend Lindsay will learn how unprepared she is for the truth.
In 2009, Edie had New York’s social world in her thrall. Mercurial and beguiling, she was the shining star of a group of recent graduates living in a Brooklyn loft and treating New York like their playground. When Edie’s body was found near a suicide note at the end of a long, drunken night, no one could believe it. Grief, shock, and resentment scattered the group and brought the era to an abrupt end.
A decade later, Lindsay has come a long way from the drug-addled world of Calhoun Lofts. She has devoted best friends, a cozy apartment, and a thriving career as a magazine’s head fact-checker. But when a chance reunion leads Lindsay to discover an unsettling video from that hazy night, she starts to wonder if Edie was actually murdered—and, worse, if she herself was involved. As she rifles through those months in 2009—combing through case files, old technology, and her fractured memories—Lindsay is forced to confront the demons of her own violent history to bring the truth to light.

Review: Ask me to review a mystery/thriller novel and I jump at the chance, but this one just didn’t pull me in like I wanted it to. The Lost Night started out pretty slow, which is not really what you would expect with a thriller, and it just continued to be very slow paced throughout and didn’t keep me interested.
Although the book had some twists, and a decent plot, I think I lost interest because I didn’t really love the main character and most importantly, I figured out who the killer was right at the beginning of the book. It was very predictable for me the entire time, which made it hard to continue to read. I felt like the story lacked the depth it needed to become a really good thriller, but I give the author credit for the attempt. The main character suffered from some memory loss issues, strangely enough, I think for me this book will fall into that same place in my mind.
Thank you to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for the copy of this book and the opportunity to review this book for my honest and unbiased opinion.

I was really excited for this debut - it has a great cover, and the first chapters really hooked me. The premise is great: a 30-something woman reconnects with a friend from her past, and realizes that she may not remember what she thought she did about the night her friend allegedly committed suicide and her friend group's subsequent dissolution in their early post-college years. The following mystery was... a little boring for me, and a bit familiar. I'm ready for more heroines whose reasons for being unreliable aren't "I'm a black-out drunk." The twist ending was telegraphed earlier in the novel, and it came very close to hitting the perfect surprising-yet-inevitable punch, but I think some readers will figure it out before Lindsay does. There's great early 2000s nostalgia here, and it feels very millennial New Yorker with plenty of dark secrets, and I think a lot of readers will enjoy it for that.

The writing was strong and I will be eager to pick up whatever is next from Bartz - this one didn't quite do it for me, but she clearly has skill.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a fairly enjoyable book for me. I enjoyed the storyline but felt that it was a little slow paced in some areas. It had a satisfactory ending after a few twists and turns. Lindsay seemed a little immature for her age but that could have been intentional. Overall it was a good read.
Many thanks to Crown Publishing and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

An engaging read, packed with twists and psychological suspense. Highly recommended for readers desiring a well-written psychological thriller.

What if you went 10 years thinking “this is how it happened” after a tragic event, but then realize it really didn’t happen that way at all. You become obsessed with finding out the truth, even borderline crazy; rekindling friendships you purposely left in the past after that horrible night just to find an inkling of hope that you’re not mad; doing everything you can to regain just one memory from that night, because if you can remember one, they’ll all come back, right?

And then you find out the truth just to discover that things are definitely not always what they seem or who they seem to be.

This one was an okay read for me. I felt that parts of it were a little slow and predictable but the ending was a surprise.

I was provided this book by net galley in exchange for my honest review.

I found this book to be rather wordy, boring and a slow read. None of the characters had any redeeming qualities. The bit of suspense the story tried to introduce was additionally rather bland. Hopefully, the author's next book will be better.

The Lost Night by Andrea Bartz is an unforgettable story of a night out drinking gone terribly wrong! It’s fast paced but thorough and well deserving of its 4 1/2 stars and praise! I thought the characters were built great and it was easy to few for certain ones.
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an arc copy of The Lost Night in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley, Andrea Bartz and Crown Publishing for this ARC.

Fantastic, fantastic debut novel by Andrea Bartz! The story sucks you in and twists you around and spits you out at the end, just like a great psychological thriller should do. The ending!!! All around amazing.

to be honest, the first half of this book is very very slow, and i was starting to get restless. BUT the second half really picks. i picked up this book mainly because the MC was the same age as me haha. but i really related to her - feeling left behind when all your friends are getting married and having kids, still struggling with the same esteem issues you had when you were younger even though you think you should be past that. i really felt for her.

i struggled with a 3.5 star or 4 star, but i enjoyed the 2nd half so much i'm going w 4 stars.

Great psychological thriller with an ending that's totally unexpected! A cast of characters who become friends while living in the same building, but who all have flaws making this a guessing game if they're friend committed suicide or did one of them kill her.

This one was not for me. I was interested in the beginning, but everything about this one began to get old. The characters were annoying, especially the main character, Lindsey. The bad guy was blatantly obvious right from the beginning. Wordy and slow.