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The Guest List by Lucy Foley

29 reviews

lupexrosa's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

The ending was satisfying, although quick. I enjoyed the different character point of views, and the body wasn't who I thought it was. Everyone is right when they said it is similar to Agatha Christie. All in all, enjoyable.

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paigefroese's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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easemily's review against another edition

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medium-paced

4.0

I wasn’t into this book at first, however as I kept reading I got more into it. I loved how it went between present and the day before, it was a great way to keep me interested in the plot while building up the characters. Throughout the whole thing you know that someone dies, however you don’t know what happened. There are so many sub plots that wrap up so nicely at the end, and they’re easy to follow even though there’s a few of them. Overall I really enjoyed this book, and though I wasn’t super into it in the beginning my the end I was locked in and wanted to know what happens.

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jenk2020's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

C - 6 A - 6 W - 6 P - 5 I - 4 L - 5 E - 4

Very much fed up of private school boy BS. Thanks.

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yaeesh's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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lydias1's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

2.0

Ew trigger warnings seriously needed

Not sure how I feel about the use of present tense

I’m not sure I like any of the male characters. I liked Hannah a lot and the sisters a bit.

I liked having lots of different perspectives and timings, which I don’t usually enjoy. It kept a nice rhythm and pace.

I liked the relationship between Hannah and Olivia

I like the mystery of who dies

I have so many questions and that pushed me forward throughout the book

I properly celebrated when Will died!!!

The fact that Will was also Hannah’s sister’s bf felt like it pushed me out of how realistic it was. It was too much. I don’t feel an ounce of pity for Will in spite of his father

I was kind of disappointed by the ending. After so much effort went into demonstrating that Will was the most vile horrible person who carries the guilt of so many lives ruined, being quietly and quickly stabbed didn’t feel like justice. I wish the truth had gotten out. I wish they all had their moment to confront him. I don’t like the lack of closure on the trial for Jono - I know he deserved to be sentenced for the manslaughter of the young boy, but I just have to imagine that all the truth came out in the trial and true justice was served after Will’s death. I wish that had played out in the book though.

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impie's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

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kyrajames's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.0

let’s just say i support women’s rights but more than that i support women’s wrongs

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eena's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-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

1.0

Was supposed to give it a 2 but let’s settle for 1, here are some points:
- REVIEWERS NEED TO STOP SAYING “this can be compared to” or “this has a strong resemblance to” an Agatha Christie book, THIS IS SOOOO FAR FROM THE BRILLIANCE OF AGATHA CHRISTIE
- the mystery bit was so bad, this book is just a story of people who clearly need to be in therapy, it could be a good book for character study, but not as a murder mystery
- overhyyyyyypppppped
- and going back to was supposed to give it a 2, it’s because I was excited how things will unfold, but it was just soooo bad when it got to that point, it’s very predictable!!!!!!!!!!
- bad book overall, i might still read/listen the other works of the author tho cause i love the cover
- i guess i can give this book a 1-1.5 rating because the narration was good if you’ll listen to the audiobook and the cover design is nice

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valent1ne's review against another edition

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Not even a quarter of the way through and literally everyoneeeee is obsessed with this teenage girl in an Extremely Weird way. These women are in their 30s they should not resent this 19y/o girl so much for being skinnier or prettier than them!!!!! The men who are in their 30s or older are ALL saying this girl is hot!!!!! Some of them are explicitly trying to have sex with her this is sooooo disgusting and bad. The mystery was vaguely intriguing but I really do not want to hear the rest of this after all that.

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