Last One Seen: A Thriller

Last One Seen by Rebecca Kanner tells the tale of a young woman named Hannah Silver who gets pulled into the drama of a group of MBA writing students at Washington University in Missouri. The group seems like a normal group of college students until another young woman named Justine Updike shows up. The relative of a famous writer, Justine seems to have it all—designer duds, a fancy place to stay, and everyone staring at her. Immediately, Hannah becomes obsessed with Justine, as do the other members of the group—Amelia, Ben, and even Claire.

This book was well-written from the point of view of an unreliable protagonist. The book starts out with Hannah being taken to a cabin by a character named Eli, and we don’t find out who he is until later on in the story. The fact that Hannah is bipolar and not taking her meds consistently makes her spiral out of control. That and her use of alcohol and recreational drugs make the reader wonder if anything she’s saying is true.

Although I enjoyed Last One Seen, there were several parts of the story that were slow. I kept reading simply because I wanted to find out what would happen in the cabin with Eli.