Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

194 reviews

kathrynmaggiex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

thequiltyreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

As thrillers go, it was OK. I felt the breadcrumbs dropped meant for me it was really predictable, but still an enjoyable read. However I feel thrillers should really grip you and you shouldn't be able to put the book down, but I didn't get that feeling while reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

fi_sandison's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Abortion, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

kldeboer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

I started this book on an 8-hour flight and could not put it down. I finished it within just a few hours and loved all of the twists and turns presented. I really liked how each chapter was presented from a different character's POV and sometimes a flashback. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

ginac's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

allysonboss's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious sad 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Self harm

tmcdonald03's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Murder, and Toxic friendship

jenniferbowman'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

esv_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

mcnoble's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The audiobook was enjoyable, with a full cast for each character. If you don’t like books with multiple POVs, then you won’t enjoy this one. Everything came together in the end but for a long time, this book just felt so messy. Everyone had so much drama that all I wanted was a normal interaction for a change. It was definitely tense but sometimes seemed like it was trying to hard to be trendy while also mysterious. Not 100% sure about how I feel about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Blood, Abortion, and Pregnancy