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The Guest

Emma Cline

3.4 AVERAGE

dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was really unsure how I felt about this but I couldn’t put it down. I was annoyed at Alex for most of the book but the perspective was interesting. I love an unreliable narrator.

This is anxiety in book format

Reminded me way too much of a friend in high school with a big juicy purse who was, I now realize, like Alex was scrambling to survive by using and jumping from person to person for rides, places to sleep, unreciprocated favors, and broken promises. It’s like parasite, pretty woman, the summer I turned pretty, and gone girl went to the Hamptons and I still don’t know how I want to interpret the ending
adventurous funny tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Stressed me out at times but loved the writing style and that it took place all in one week. Couldn’t put down
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes