Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Guest List, by Lucy Foley

267 reviews

klb77's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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? Yes

4.75

God damn this book was good! It’s everything I’ve been craving in a story and more. One of the first times I’ve ever been surprised by a twist! I’ll be listening to more from this author asap

My own guest list (for a near-perfect story):
1. characters to sympathize with
2. characters to hate
3. a good irish storm to set the mood
4. wedding drama
5. family secrets 
6. multiple mysteries entangled into each other 
7. a small amount of spice and scandal 
8. a timeline and flashbacks that are easy as pie (or wedding cake?) to follow 

Check out the content warnings before picking this one up but definitely give it a chance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Abortion, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Self harm, Murder, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Death, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Child death, Alcohol, Sexism, Gore, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Grief, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Racism, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

mstewy21's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I’m glad the character that died got their punishment in the end. But I wish their wrongs had been revealed to everyone. Plus the build up was so slow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder

av0ncor3's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Self harm, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Suicide attempt

harmony412's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Child death

sleeson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Infidelity, Alcohol, Child death, Bullying, Self harm, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

meredithg8'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, Murder, Self harm, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion

mysugarmagnolias's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Murder, Abortion, Bullying, Alcohol, Self harm, and Death

Minor: Infidelity

heathermarie08's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

From the beginning you know someone is dead but throughout the book you have no idea who. So many twists and turns and surprises that leave you guessing .... so good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Classism, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Confinement, Self harm, Child death, and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use

mjwhitlock18's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.0

I listened to the audiobook version, and the narrators did a fantastic job with it. For me, this book lacks a key element: a character with one redeeming quality. They’re all miserable people, toxic bullies, or so self-righteous it’s appalling. I almost DNF’d this book in the first half, because it was moving slow and gave me the same vibes as Verity (which I also didn’t like). I am glad I stuck around for the end of this one, because I appreciated it once the story picked up. It requires some suspension of disbelief, but honestly, this is where the narration helped me out. Overall, it’s fine, and I’d be willing to try another book by Lucy Foley. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, and Bullying

Moderate: Infidelity, Abortion, Alcohol, Child death, and Suicide

hannalizzy'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I support women’s rights, but I also support women’s wrongs ✋🏻 I really enjoyed this audiobook. I got hooked in pretty quick, and gasped out loud a few times at the plot twists. It was entertaining and well-performed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Murder, Self harm, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Stalking, Child death, Grief, Body horror, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Death, Injury/injury detail, and Toxic relationship