The Guest: Signed Edition
Hardback Published on: 18/05/2023
Price: £18.99
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"It was good to be someone else"
I was really excited to read the latest book by Emma Cline, so I felt very lucky when I was given an advanced copy of this for review - thank you!
This is... READ MORE
An atmospheric, slowburning thriller...
Pulling you in from the first page, The Guest is a slow burning, wonderfully-written thriller with a real- sense of unease running all the way through. You... READ MORE
An unsettling thriller
The Guest follows Alex, who after having burnt bridges with everyone she knows, is drifting around Long Island in search of - well, she doesn’t even know t... READ MORE
Dread inducing psychological thriller!
Having read and loved her first novel, The Girls, I was trepidatious to see whether her follow up would deliver. I'm happy to say that it does in spades. I... READ MORE
Chillingly brilliant!
Another viscerally hot atmospheric read from Cline! The story spans across just six days, carrying an impending sense of doom right through to the end. We ... READ MORE
Amazing
this book had my hooked from start to finish. great writing and good characters. a must read for 2024
Synopsis
A young woman pretends to be someone she isn't in this stunning novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls
Summer is coming to a close on Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome...
One misstep at a dinner party and the older man she's been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources, but a gift for navigating the desires of others, Alex stays on the island. She drifts like a ghost through the gated driveways and sun-blasted dunes of a rarefied world, trailing destruction in her wake.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 2928377161552
- Number of pages: 304
- Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 29 mm
- Weight: 517g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allA hazy and languid summer read.
'The Guest' is a hazy and gripping novel following Alex, a twenty-two year old woman who finds herself aimlessly drifting around Long Island after ending t... READ MORE
An unwanted guest?
Alex lived life on the edge, she hustled to make the next rent cheque, made friends with the wrong type of person. An ill judged decision meant life became... READ MORE
An unwelcome visitor in the playground of the wealthy
Alex, aged 22 and beautiful is the Guest of the title. She is an outsider, a hustler and an acute observer of the wealthy at play in their large houses and... READ MORE
A slow paced thriller
I did enjoy this read with its slow pace. It tells the story of Alex living the high life until her older boyfriend asks her to leave. She decides to stay ... READ MORE
An ethereal disjointed thriller
Alex is an outsider on the run. As she jolts from one place to another, the hole she digs gets deeper, and the more she runs, the messier her life gets. Em... READ MORE
Boring
The book features a protagonist who's a vagrant and has a pessimistic view of people. She uses both herself and others to survive, but the reason behind he... READ MORE
Raw and daring
Man, this book was definitely something! I absolutely loved the rawness, the realness, the nudity of feelings, the way life was explained through the expe... READ MORE
Left a lasting impression!
The Guest follows Alex, a 22-year-old woman residing in New York City, whose life is spiralling out of control - a predicament that might be well-deserved.... READ MORE
Hypnotic and rather mesmerising
Alex is drifting through life on a cocktail of pills, stolen money and older men who pay the bills. Her latest target has put her up in his Long Island be... READ MORE
Underwhelming
This book reads like a short story and there is no pay off. Waste of money
Different
Must admit I excpected more from the ttle given. Didn't actually enjoy it and also had a rather strange ending which I couldn't actually work out
page turner
An enjoyable novel about a not very nice main character and her methods of survival. I was slightly disappointed by the ending, but it was definitely a pa... READ MORE
Five Star Deception By A Living Ghost
Emma Cline submerges the reader in Alex’s curious cold world for a week of survival by wit and charm in a landscape populated by the very rich. Despite her... READ MORE
Heartless but strangely compelling
Alex is in her early 20s and set on living the kind of life she’s aspired to, or perhaps it’s the kind of life she feels deserving of. Her boyfriend is in ... READ MORE
Uncomfortably intriguing and inevitable
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The Guest
by Emma Cline
Alex is 22 year old woman who subsists on the generosity of others who fall for her guiles, until she outstays her welc... READ MORE
Fresh and unique
The guest is a slow burn psychological thriller told in the third person. It follows an unlikeable M/C (morally grey is an understatement!) who uses her gu... READ MORE
Thoroughly entertaining
Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she’s been stayin... READ MORE
A great book for a holiday read.
I love Emma Cline's writing, she brings to life the atmosphere of the story as well as her characters. Reading this in our rainy UK spring I felt the warmt... READ MORE
Left wondering if I’d missed something
Advertised as thriller of the month, I thought I’d give it a read, many reviewers saying they couldn’t put it down, I’ve obviously missed something, Emma C... READ MORE
A deeply unenjoyable read
Seldom have I read a book written around a central character - Alex - who is so difficult to like and with whom it is so difficult to empathise.
A thie... READ MORE
Very well written
Alex is a grifter, a chancer and if necessary, a thief who becomes an unwelcome roommate, when she owes too much back rent. Thankfully, Simon saves the day... READ MORE
Addictive!
This is a very addictive read. Very much gets under your skin.
Flew through it, always wondering if she was going to come undone...
Could she keep surviv... READ MORE
Not so great
This was a poor read: the prose was written like a film, the protagonist was just vapid and I struggled to feel empathy for her, and the whole plot is just... READ MORE
Skip
Dull story with unlikeable characters and an ending befitting of a bland novel I’m afraid. I only finished it as I hate not ending books. My wife gave up a... READ MORE
A Welcome Guest
The Guest was my first Emma Cline and won't be my last. Its a very well written and intriguing work of fiction, the character study is on Alex, a damaged y... READ MORE
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