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The Last House Guest
Megan Miranda
2019 · Mystery
How it reads
The Last House Guest is mystery (psychological mystery, specifically), and its dominant mood is tense. The suspense is the kind you feel in your shoulders. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in a small town setting, in the present day, told in the first person by several narrators. Its central concerns are friendship, secrets and loss and grief. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.
It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is left open, for you to argue about. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something tense
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want a complete story in one book
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or heartwarming
- you want dense, lingering prose
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- mystery
- Author gender
- female
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- small town
- Setting: time
- contemporary
- Mood / feeling
- tense
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- balanced
- Length
- medium
- Narrative style
- first person, several narrators
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- standalone
- Themes
- friendship, secrets, loss and grief
- Ending style
- ambiguous
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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