Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

68 reviews

neliadiedenise's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

natalienicholas's review

dark mysterious 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

3.0

a fast fun read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Addiction

krod97's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Child death, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Bullying, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Grief, Pregnancy, and Blood

georgie_mb's review

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

3.5

A great thriller who dunnit, which gave me And Then There Were None vibes. This was a really enjoyable and easy read!

I did find it a bit predictable however, and I managed to guess most of the links between the people on the island before they happened. The reason for the half star though is that I honestly didn’t know who the murderer was until the last few pages, I think Foley did a fantastic job at that as well as picking up the pace.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Eating disorder, Murder, Death, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Child death, Drug use, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

lea2_6's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Death, Alcohol, Addiction, Blood, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Murder, and Toxic relationship

rachelpacz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.75

Great murder mystery!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Child death, Abortion, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Drug use

jernest's review

adventurous challenging dark funny 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? Yes

4.0

It was veerryyy slow until the last quarter, when it finally got juicy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abortion, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Violence, Drug use, Death, Confinement, Blood, Addiction, Sexual content, Self harm, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol

debbilynn42's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Alcohol, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Blood, and Bullying

laceym18's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

chloek608's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I recommend this book if you like:
-adult murder mystery with multiple points of view
-island and private school settings
-whodunnit that has a big backstory but intertwines amazingly at the end

This is quite a big book and I must admit it took me a while to get into. The story is told by multiple characters and each give their backstory of how they know the couple getting married and how they have ended up on the island for this wedding. The last third of this book was enthralling and the way it set up many characters for a motive for the murder, it had me guessing right to the end. I do think the story could have been shorter though.

We have TV famous Will marrying Jules the successful magazine owner. The perfect couple, or so it seems. Their whirlwind romance has led to this hasty marriage.

Will’s best man Johnno has not been able to move past an incident that occurred during their school days. They went to an all-boys boarding school that had traditions and pranks that sometimes took it too far.

Spoiler

Johnno held a lot of guilt for a prank he helped Will pull off at high school and in hindsight he knew Will had tricked him into doing his dirty work, all to cover up him stealing exam papers to cheat in his GCSE’s.

Spoiler

The prank involved taking a 1st year down onto the beach and tying them against the railings. The prank was called survival. It was meant to be a test of courage and they find their way back to school. Johnno realised too late that the tide coming in would make it impossible for the boy to survive.

Spoiler

The bride’s sister and Hannah both have similar reasons to hate Will. He’d seduced Olivia and Hannah’s sister, ruined their lives, abandoned them and moved on. Both girls were suicidal because of him.

Spoiler

The amazing twist I did not see coming was that Aoife, the wedding host had lured the couple their just to confront Will, you see as it turns out she is the little boy’s sister. She finally got revenge. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Alcohol, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, and Vomit