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An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena

13 reviews

alymoonnn's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

sea_tea_books's review

challenging dark mysterious tense

2.0

This was reminiscent of a teen horror movie where the characters are picked off one by one. I skipped past the triggering descriptions. Overall, this story felt about 30% too long. 

[Book club pick, audiobook]

Audiobook specific: Unfortunately, the narrator spoke in an incredibly slow AI voice. Increasing the playback speed helped a bit. 

[Trigger warnings: death, murder, and descriptions of murder, rape, war, violence]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Rape, and War

Minor: Emotional abuse and Abandonment

itsacsa's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Shari Lapena es de mis autoras favoritas, definitivamente. Amo todo lo que leo de ella y quiero seguir leyendo todo lo que escriba. 

Al inicio me costó avanzar, muy introductorio pero es justificable que así sea por la cantidad de personajes que nos presentan de una, pero luego de eso la historia fluye super rápido.

Leí por ahí que este libro haría sentir orgullosa a Agatha Christie y yo también lo creo, normalmente cuando leo libros de thriller no suelo teorizar tanto, pero con este terminé haciendo anotaciones sobre los hechos y sospechosos porque estaba demasiado enganchada y no quería perderme ningún detalle. Obviamente no logré adivinar a tiempo jajaj, pero disfruté demasiado la lectura.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Sexual assault

hannah_steven's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: War, Grief, and Child death

julienicole1106's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Violence

a_alves00's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Confinement, Infidelity, Murder, Blood, Child death, Violence, and Death

add_a_little_spook's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Suicide, Child death, Rape, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcoholism, War, and Infidelity

hollystopreading's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

I think I have such hatred because I HATED one of the main male leads and I felt as if it wasn’t written as if I should have. Definitely not my style of writing but for an easy quick read it could’ve been worse and I don't really regret it (I read it in 2-3 days). I had a few !!! Moments where I figured something out or thought ahead of the characters ( I love getting to feel smart >P )

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol

katymat18's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Confinement and Toxic relationship

Minor: Grief, Sexual content, and Alcohol

nicoleanaisx's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A slow beginning half, but the end really picked up and definitely not as predictable as I thought it would be. Very Agatha Christie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Grief, and Violence