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mstall_'s review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I wanted The Guest to be so much more than it is.
Emma Cline’s writing is wonderful — quick, sultry, and so so atmospheric. I felt like I was summering on the East Coast by page two. What gets me about this book is that nothing happens, nothing. The last page, the last word, is the start of the thing you’ve been waiting for this whole time! I can appreciate a good, unsatisfying ending but this just felt confusing. I read almost 300 pages to not find out what happens?Does Dom the drug dealer come and find her and hurt Simon? or does Simon see her and take her back? or is she just making all of this up? or is Jack alive or hurting himself? I guess I just don’t understand the point here. Where is the story? Is the story just about a girl who wanders the beaches of New Jersey for a week? I’m so lost.
3/5 ⭐️
Emma Cline’s writing is wonderful — quick, sultry, and so so atmospheric. I felt like I was summering on the East Coast by page two. What gets me about this book is that nothing happens, nothing. The last page, the last word, is the start of the thing you’ve been waiting for this whole time! I can appreciate a good, unsatisfying ending but this just felt confusing. I read almost 300 pages to not find out what happens?
3/5 ⭐️
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content
Minor: Violence and Adult/minor relationship
elevy2's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use, Violence, and Sexual violence
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