A review by hmdeans
The Guest by Emma Cline

mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.5

This was alright.  It is mostly character driven, but there's absolutely no character development.  It was almost as if Cline was using Alex's character as a function of driving a thin plot forward, and that's it.  And maybe that was the point: a hollow, empty character that can fill in any space.  But I think that I personally just don't find that interesting. 

I personally didn't care much for her writing style, either.  It reads a bit like a teen or young adult, with a lot of fragmented and incomplete sentences.  I think this book had a lot of potential, but fell short.