I listened to this as an audiobook on a long car ride. Made the trip go quickly; I was completely absorbed. 
 Normally I would steer clear of books with boys-behaving-badly premises like this. They're often misogynistic and sexist. But I'm a big fan of Bohjalian's, and I figured he'd handle the topic well. He did. In 'The Guest Room,' he explores the world of human trafficking and shows how even seemingly benign actions can have terrible consequences. 
 It's not a comfortable topic, but it's an important one, and Bohjalian's ability to write from a female's perspective--especially given the subject matter--is impressive. 
 A word on the audiobook's narration too: I thought it was top-notch. Choosing female narrators was a good idea for this book, and I like that there were two: one for Alexandra's character and one for all the others. The latter was Mozhan Marno, an actress on 'The Blacklist', and I thought she was fantastic.