The Guest: A Novel

A young woman pretends to be someone she isn’t in this “spellbinding” (Vogue), “smoldering” (The Washington Post) novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls.
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Alex, an underemployed sex worker, has burned all her bridges in "the city" and is exploring greener pastures in a wealthy suburban enclave. Cline is a master of menace, and the feeling builds steadily up to a mysterious ending
I was enjoying the story even though the main character was just sad. A user, filling many definitions of that word, who just exists. I wanted more from the ending. It just left a bit to much hanging for me. I can imagine the world continuing for this person, but so many things COULD have happened and I will never know. Unrequited. *sigh*
Probably not a story i’ll think about again but a quick fun read. didn’t love the ending
2.5? fast read.
too ~trendy~, following the my year of r+r format of a narcissistic and perhaps psychopathic main character who ~languidly~ downs pills and booze and steals and destroys everything she touches. i was most interested in some of the commentary on the lives of the uber-wealthy and the people who cater to them. but overall found the main character insufferable, and the ending anticlimactic.
too ~trendy~, following the my year of r+r format of a narcissistic and perhaps psychopathic main character who ~languidly~ downs pills and booze and steals and destroys everything she touches. i was most interested in some of the commentary on the lives of the uber-wealthy and the people who cater to them. but overall found the main character insufferable, and the ending anticlimactic.
This is an easy breezy summer-type of book. Great writing. Perfect for a beach day or a break after an intense book. Definitely for women.
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