The Guest by Emma Cline

 

This was a very interesting book, especially the end!  And I am not alone in that appraisal.  I was not expecting the end at all!

And I am pleased about that, because the end that I was envisioning would have been somewhat obvious. Not that I was certain how it would end, but I did not think it would end well.

That is all I will say about that!

The main character, Alex, is certainly not a sympathetic one; she is quite an enigma actually.  I didn't like her. I kept trying to figure her out and I can't say I ever did and I think that is the author's intent.  I should really listen to an interview with the author to try to figure this book out.  I am glad I read it, but I am not sure what Emma Cline wants from her reader.