8.01k reviews for:

The Guest

Emma Cline

3.4 AVERAGE

taylorjoan's review against another edition

4.0

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Loved this book. Really wanted more details in the end. Fellow readers: what’s your interpretation of the ending?!

milet's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

vinnythesnail's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Loved the pacing of this book and the reflective nature of the text. I was enraptured by the world of the novel right away and up until the very end. 

jimwill's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious sad fast-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

sammik's review against another edition

3.75

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

realslimschaefy's review against another edition

3.25

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ninnicool's review against another edition

4.25

dark 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

prismpwr's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

abhi17's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mlbalmeo's review against another edition

3.0

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Welllll… I don’t know about this one. It was compelling, that’s for sure. It’s a fast read, like racing downhill on a bike. But somehow it was simultaneously a race toward the inevitable end and a long wait.

Waiting for what? For the protagonist to have some kind of redeeming quality. Some back story to explain her choices and behavior. Some depth that just wasn’t there. Maybe that’s what others appreciate about the novel — its artistry. It certain achieves the feeling of vacancy.

In the end (and after a decidedly non-ending), I felt a little bit like an insecure patron at a modern art museum, staring at some strange abstract piece, trying to figure out if there’s more to it than I’m seeing.