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siriface's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Slavery, Stalking, and Murder
fancyjess_party's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic
jmdressel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
the pace was medium throughout, with the end resolution coming in waves rather than all in one bite.
timeline was a bit difficult to follow in some instances, as each chapter is no longer than a few pages before the POV switches again.
Graphic: Blood and Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Trafficking, Stalking, and Death of parent
Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, and Deportation
bookedbymadeline's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Suicide, and Stalking
Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, and Police brutality
thecryptsleeper's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
A common theme in her books is a murder mystery with multiple perspectives that all unravel the story as they share more of their POVs. For this book, it felt very convoluted and there were simply too many characters that were incredibly uninteresting to hear from.
Something special in The Guest List (my personal favorite so far) and The Hunting Party that was missing from this book was the atmosphere. Lucy can write beautiful settings and make you feel very unsettled by her characters and the surrounding location, but I didn’t feel that except only briefly for a second toward the middle. The book felt claustrophobic without exploring that feeling, something I feel she should have done to make it feel much more impactful considering the setting is in an apartment building where everyone around the main character is a suspect.
Despite disliking almost the entire book, the ending was still enjoyable to read and did a good job of repairing at least a tiny bit of my opinion about this book.
Minor: Death, Trafficking, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
aseel_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Stalking and Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
capriqueen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The MC felt a bit useless for about 80% of the book, as we learned most of the information from the other characters’ POV’s, but she was still a good MC
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, and Misogyny
Minor: Homophobia and Death of parent
wickedgrumpy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
chelle22's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
kccool12255's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
I kept seeing this book recommended EVERYWHERE, so I figured it was about time I actually READ it. And WOW, do I understand why this book has so much hype. It is ABSOLUTELY deserving of it. Though once again, I do wish I knew what I was getting myself into beforehand, as this book does fall in the same genre as "Then She Was Gone" and "I Invited Her In", but I guess that's a consequence of me not doing more research before I jump headfirst into a popular book. That's probably something I'm gonna start doing in the future, just to make sure I can properly prepare myself beforehand.
That being said, let's get into the review! (I'm unusually cheery today, and I'm not exactly sure what's caused it. Just roll with it, that's what I'm doing.)
The mystery aspect of this book was VERY well done. From the very beginning, you're fully immersed and invested in the story, and the characters are all very fleshed-out and well-developed. I really like how the author included POVs from each of the important characters, I feel like it added a lot of depth to the story and opened up a lot of entertaining stuff to read. The only character I wish Lucy Foley had done more with is the Concierge, because even though she has a sad backstory
But that being said...did it have to be THIS juicy?
Let's get to the REAL juice, though. But before that, I do want to address something else I like. I think it's really funny how you can definitely tell that Lucy Foley is a fan of New Girl. Main character Jess feeling attraction to a guy named NIck Miller? Yeah, that was pretty spot-on. THEY EVEN ADDRESS IT IN THE ACTUAL STORY. And apparently, upon further research, some of the plotlines of the book match up with a specific episode of New Girl? But I have nothing to prove that, I'm just taking it from what the Internet says. But like, even THOUGH New Girl is its own thing and has its own Nick and Jess, I STILL WOULD'VE BEEN OKAY if these two had ended up together in THIS book. I feel like there was a genuine SPARK there
But the REAL juice.
That being said, I did really like Mimi's character, and even Camile's, though she doesn't really add anything to the story. She is some nice comic relief, and just provides a nice foil to Mimi's darkness.
Anyways, there's the review. Pretty good book, DEFINITELY an entertaining read, but could've done more.
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Stalking
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Biphobia, Cancer, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, and Car accident