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The Guest List by Lucy Foley

68 reviews

ksilvio's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

musicgirl_gwyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.5

I was on the edge of my seat the entire book, very well written. Antagonist worth absolutely hating. The ending felt abrupt and cut off; I don’t feel a lot of closure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

katlinstirling_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Great read! Well written and great cast of characters, narrated by 6 narrators (listed below). Based on remote island just off the Irish coast, guests gather for the wedding of the year, until someone is murdered. Descriptive, dark and suspenseful, twisty and a real page turner. This audiobook had me hooked, fast-paced this read will have you guessing. 

Narrators - Aoife McMahon, Chloe Massey, Jot Davies, Olivia Dowd, Rich Keeble & Sara Ovens. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

teganl07's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Fast paced. Couldn’t out it down. A great book to get out of a slump.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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? Yes

4.25

I quite liked this entire book. However, the reveal of the victim and the perpetrator could have been handled more effectively. The author’s habit of jumping around the day’s timeline was mostly effective but it also released some tension of the reveal of the victim and who did it. Overall, really good mystery.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

This book involves a character that preys upon late teens/early 20 somethings aged females that are just barely not minors anymore, SA and suicidal ideation resulting from this character’s actions so be aware of that.

poirot's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Death of parent

kira20's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This reminded me of Agatha Cristie's "And then there were none". Ive heard writting mystery today can be difficult because everything feels over done. Foley keeps the suspense and mystery in a good balance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Not just a great whodunnit, but a story that unfolds gradually from page one up till the end. The author, Lucy Foley, does an excellent job directing the reader to consider a variety of potential killers and victims, slowly teasing out the truth in a story of both likable and very unlikable characters. The storyline is compelling and was, in my opinion, hard to put down.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

ewinnk's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

anne_reader's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail