The Last Guests
Ratings6
Average rating3.5
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Ratings6
Average rating3.5
Ever have the feeling you're being watched? A smart, unsettling, unputdownable literary thriller from the award-winning, critically acclaimed writer Lina and Cain are doing their best to stay afloat. Money has been tight since Cain returned from active duty, and starting a family is proving harder than they thought. Putting Lina's inherited lake house up for rent at weekends seems like the solution to at least one of their problems. The secluded house is more of a burden than a retreat, anyway, and fixing up the old place makes Cain feel useful for once. But letting strangers stay in their house might not be the best idea. Someone is watching - their most mundane tasks, their most intimate moments - and all the things Lina and Cain want to keep hidden will be exposed. A darkly riveting psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Call Me Evie, In the Clearing and Tell Me Lies. 'A twisty thriller ... Possibly not one to read in your rented holiday cottage. I'll certainly be checking the light fittings at my next beach holiday rental' The Age 'Chilling . . . Should keep readers up at night. Pomare knows how to keep the pages turning' Publishers Weekly 'An emerging master of the taut and fast-flowing psychological thriller' ArtsHub 'a plot that will drag breathless readers to the finish line' Herald Sun 'This is a rip-snorting read that burbles along on fine prose, from a novelist who while still early in his career has already stamped his mark as a masterful storyteller. An excellent read from a must-read author' Good Reading 'Tense and dark and twisty - don't look away' Michael Robotham, author of When You Are Mine 'J.P. Pomare's first two books rocked my world - this one manages to exceed them. The Last Guests is a cunning, complex, contemporary thrill-ride.' Christian White, author of The Nowhere Child 'The Last Guests is a twisty thriller with an ending I didn't see coming. A cautionary tale for our times.' Megan Goldin, author of The Night Swim 'Pomare's latest creation will keep you guessing right up to the last page.' Rose Carlyle, author of The Girl in the Mirror 'Couldn't put it down, can't stop thinking about it. Bump it to the top of your must-read list immediately.' Anna Downes, author of The Safe Place
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This book took me weeks to read. I didn't care about the characters. They had no depth and no chemistry. That about sums it up. I don't recommend it. It wasn't compelling enough.
This is such an amazing book, I was sucked in from the first page. My boyfriend bought it for me and I can't wait to make him read it. The entire time you're thinking one thing and then that twists and then you think another thing and that twists. There's just so many twists and I actually love the way it's done. I usually spoil in my reviews but for this book I could never, you have to read this with no idea what's coming and get on the rollercoaster cause omg I was gasping in the train whenever I read this. It's also so incredible reading it on the train because I'd pass the stops that were mentioned in the book as I live in Auckland. Loved feeling connected in that way. I honestly think this book is on my list of favorites and I can't wait to try and forget it so I can read it again and be just as shocked the whole way through. You will not want to put this book down. I just can't recommend it more.
