Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Guest by Emma Cline

17 reviews

carmina_r's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction

nomonbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

 The more I think about this book the more I viscerally dislike it. It was intellectually vacant. It was basic and prefunctory. There was a totally unnecessary plot point with SA of an under 18 year old. The POV was so so white woman it was hard to engage with. The MC was an awful person who did bad stuff and made bad choices; which sometimes I’m on board with but give me a reason. I wish I’d never picked it up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Ableism

ashley_turch's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

STRESS. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Car accident, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

There is a part about the characters finding a lost dog. The dog eventually gets lost again in an anticlimactic way, but I just pretended that someone found him and his owner.

amandab0514's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

tashtasher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood, Car accident, and Bullying

danajoy's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

This is one of those books were nothing really happens. In fact it ends right before what you would imagine the climax to be. The protagonist is aloof, unlikeable, self destructive and completely self-serving. 
It's unsatisfying, uninteresting and meandering but some people really like this sort of slice of life story with a problematic, sad girl protagonist. 

The relationship with a minor in particular left a sour taste in my mouth. 

I put it on my 24 in 2024 list which was the main reason I didn't just DNF. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Mental illness, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

This is one of those nothing happens, just vibes, kind of books. The main character, Alex, is insufferable and still pretty unknown to the reader by the end. I didn't like any of the supporting characters either. It doesn't have a dramatic climax. There is a long build to an event that gets abuptly cut off without any clear payoff.

raquel_rojas's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

couldn’t stop reading. This book smells like Hampton white privilege, wet hair and 20’s self importance.  Loved it 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Addiction

chloeburton's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Sexual assault

thebookpaiges's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Car accident and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault and Infidelity

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Eating disorder