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2.5 ☆

the ending was super unsatisfying just like the majority of the book. I don't have a problem with "nothing happening, just vibes" but you still have to make it remotely interesting to be in the main character's head, no?

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The Guest: A Novelvon Emma ClineRandom House
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I love it!

Ich kann verstehen, warum manche das Buch nicht mögen, aber ich liebe es! Ich denke, es soll so geschrieben sein, dass man die Protagonistin nicht richtig kennen lernt, obwohl es aus ihrer Perspektive ist, damit man sich etwas in die anderen Menschen hineinversetzen kann, was ich total toll finde, da es endlich mal etwas anderes ist. Man denkt viel mehr drüber nach, noch im Nachhinein und es ist einfach ein total toller Schreibstil der Autorin.

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The Guest: A Novelvon Emma ClineRandom House
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There were no more words to read, no matter how much I wanted to read them.

Alex drifts and grifts from person to person on Long Island after being kicked out by an older man she's been living with. All we knew is that she believes if she can hold out until Labor Day, the man will welcome her back - she's just biding her time to return to him. In the meantime, we discover that Alex is a mess. She has no home, no job, few morals, and a strong talent for molding her personality into many different types of women. This makes her interesting enough as a character - plus the fact that she has zero qualms about lying, cheating, and stealing - but the emotional destruction she leaves in her wake is unsettling. Her survival comes first; everyone else comes second. The problem is, nothing really happens in the book. And even though something about Alex' train wreck of a life propelled me to keep reading, I never stopped waiting for something to happen. I waited. And I waited. And waited. And then when the final, climatic moment did arrive, again nothing happened, because the book ended in the most abrupt way possible. There were no more words to read, no matter how much I wanted to read them.

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The Guest: A Novelvon Emma ClineRandom House
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Bewertung:2.5

Ich habe wirklich versucht, dieses Buch zu mögen, aber mich haben wirklich alle Charaktere der Geschichte genervt, insbesondere die Protagonistin. Ihr manipulatives und opportunistisches Verhalten gingen mir dermaßen auf den Senkel… Das Ende fand ich dann außerdem enttäuschend. Um auch etwas positives zu sagen: Clines Schreibe und der Aufbau des Romans haben mir generell gut gefallen.

The Guest: A Novel
The Guest: A Novelvon Emma ClineRandom House