Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Guest List, by Lucy Foley

112 reviews

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

alyssabova's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.25

I feel like if you have read one Lucy Foley book, you've read them all.. but this one was pretty fun. I liked the plot a lot, I enjoyed the female characters and the ending. However, it was way too much description of the island in my opinion. I understand the author was trying to convey how dark/scary/intimidating the venue was but it felt like half of the book was spent describing it. The other half was filled with the male characters talking about their time at school. It just seemed repetitive and I was ready for something else. Overall, it wasn't bad and as a mystery, it was enjoyable to unravel. Definitely not my favorite though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion

sammm_888's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Suicide

lukel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Self harm

Moderate: Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, and Medical trauma

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Abortion, Classism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

camilleion's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Self harm, Classism, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Child death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Torture

ssarahbbeth's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

Contrary to the hype of this book, I felt this was a slow moving book at first. It took about half way in for the story to pick up but when it did I throughly enjoyed it. I  enjoyed the plot twists and the last half quite immensely. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Mental illness, Cursing, Death, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, and Gaslighting

More in depth on the bullying content warning with spoilers:

Spoiler

hazing and bullying in the past is central to the plot. It is not in graphic detail but it can be upsetting as one character takes no responsibility and has no remorse for their actions that led to the death of a kind teenager.

sigreads_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.0

entertaining but the plot’s quite predictable. the characters are all unlovable that I’ve never felt this good being single

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Murder, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gaslighting and Drug use

cosplinette's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

pernillelsk'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Blood, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Bullying, Abortion, Child death, Grief, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use and Sexual content