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Reading The Guest by Emma Cline

The female Mr Ripley?

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Joanne Simmonds
Mar 28, 2025
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This week, I’m reading The Guest by Emma Cline. This is the second book I’ve read by this author after gulping down The Girls a couple of years ago. The theme is a bit like the one in my first novel, which I’m in the middle of structurally editing. A young girl, a bit lost, goes to live with an older man and gets burnt …

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