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tania2atee's review against another edition
5.0
Megan Miranda is definitely one of my top five favourite authors. Earlier in the year I read The Perfect Stranger, and my favourite book from her was All the Missing Girls.
The Last House Guest was a great read! As with any good thriller, somebody shows up dead in the small harbour community in Littleport, Maine. This destination for wealthy families, who love to party and take over the small town in the hot summer months. Sadie Loman, a girl from one of these wealthy families is the one found dead. And local Avery Greer is being blamed.
While the girls were friends, Avery loved her friend and is willing to do whatever it takes to clear her name and figure out what happened. Nobody is safe from suspicion.
As always, Miranda depicts the small town, and the characters within it, in such a way that sucks you into the book and all the secrets and lies that they are living in. You find yourself wondering if you’re second-guessing yourself, while cheering for the main character to solve work through the clues to solving how – and why – her friend is dead.
I like how the story flips between two timelines, which was a bit confusing, but is a style the author does well, and her writing style is always easy to read.
Final note, the cover of this book was pretty cool, with 3D water droplets of rain.
The Last House Guest was a great read! As with any good thriller, somebody shows up dead in the small harbour community in Littleport, Maine. This destination for wealthy families, who love to party and take over the small town in the hot summer months. Sadie Loman, a girl from one of these wealthy families is the one found dead. And local Avery Greer is being blamed.
While the girls were friends, Avery loved her friend and is willing to do whatever it takes to clear her name and figure out what happened. Nobody is safe from suspicion.
As always, Miranda depicts the small town, and the characters within it, in such a way that sucks you into the book and all the secrets and lies that they are living in. You find yourself wondering if you’re second-guessing yourself, while cheering for the main character to solve work through the clues to solving how – and why – her friend is dead.
I like how the story flips between two timelines, which was a bit confusing, but is a style the author does well, and her writing style is always easy to read.
Final note, the cover of this book was pretty cool, with 3D water droplets of rain.
kristala's review against another edition
4.0
Loved how all the clues where kinda there, but still the ending was a surprise. Quite a thrillng book! Audiobook narrator wasn’t up to par with the writing.
swiftie1977's review against another edition
5.0
I was not expecting all that. I think this book is good for a quick paced read. I don't normally read these types of books by authors I have never heard of. But seeing as it was on the Reese Witherspoon book club thing, I thought why not? I've been trying to give some other books a chance. And I'm glad that I did. Going into it I thought crap am I going to read this at night and get paranoid and want to keep checking around the house??
This is yes a murder/suicide mystery. Because after that summer everything changes for Avery. Her best friend died and the more she starts reflecting back to her friendship with her and everyone around her. Avery starts thinking anyone could have killed her best friend. She doesn't believe her friend fell or jumped. Even Sadie's brother is acting strange.
This is yes a murder/suicide mystery. Because after that summer everything changes for Avery. Her best friend died and the more she starts reflecting back to her friendship with her and everyone around her. Avery starts thinking anyone could have killed her best friend. She doesn't believe her friend fell or jumped. Even Sadie's brother is acting strange.
franzifred's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-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
2.75
ihateprozac's review against another edition
3.0
This had so many things I usually love: seaside town setting; a "did she jump or was she pushed?" mystery; class differences; and serial break & enters.
Unfortunately the hollow characters stopped me from getting invested in this. I didn't really connect with the protagonist; while we know so much about her life it just feels like facts on paper and not a proper, fleshed out, realistic character. She's got no personality so I didn't care either way whether she succeeded or not.
We're also never given a proper opportunity to get to know Sadie and the dynamics of her family. As a result, I never felt any tension or that there was a "Big Bad" at play here. I could never be sure whether to love or hate Sadie, and her parents and brother were these unknowns that flitted in sporadically. I couldn't get invested in the mystery because nobody held my interest.
I think the timeline and tone of this book were just a little off. Had the story started earlier and with a punchier voice, I might have bought into the mystery about her death.
Also this book title? Makes it seem like a story that it's not.
Mehhhhhhhhh.
Unfortunately the hollow characters stopped me from getting invested in this. I didn't really connect with the protagonist; while we know so much about her life it just feels like facts on paper and not a proper, fleshed out, realistic character. She's got no personality so I didn't care either way whether she succeeded or not.
We're also never given a proper opportunity to get to know Sadie and the dynamics of her family. As a result, I never felt any tension or that there was a "Big Bad" at play here. I could never be sure whether to love or hate Sadie, and her parents and brother were these unknowns that flitted in sporadically. I couldn't get invested in the mystery because nobody held my interest.
I think the timeline and tone of this book were just a little off. Had the story started earlier and with a punchier voice, I might have bought into the mystery about her death.
Also this book title? Makes it seem like a story that it's not.
Mehhhhhhhhh.
mokel's review against another edition
3.0
A bit of a slow start but the suspense and build up was pretty good.
cozy_chapters's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 stars
Enjoyed the setting but it felt a bit repetitive
Enjoyed the setting but it felt a bit repetitive
manibonnie's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
genthebookworm's review against another edition
3.0
The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda started off slow for me as the reader. I immediately was drawn into the Maine setting but had trouble connecting with any of the characters.
The storyline was interesting enough but I had a hard time staying engaged with the plot because I didn't feel I particularly knew or understood any of the main characters. I understand I might not be the right audience for this one and I can see many people loving this breezy and suspenseful summer read, it just wasn't for me.
Thank you to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for an advanced copy of this book.
The storyline was interesting enough but I had a hard time staying engaged with the plot because I didn't feel I particularly knew or understood any of the main characters. I understand I might not be the right audience for this one and I can see many people loving this breezy and suspenseful summer read, it just wasn't for me.
Thank you to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for an advanced copy of this book.