Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

199 reviews

poirot's review

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Death of parent

kelsea's review

dark mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abortion and Suicide attempt

jayden_chancery's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

It was definitely a slow start for me - though maybe I just wasn’t in the right mood to start. However, once the plot really began it breezed by. It was captivating and truly left shocked with the plot twists. The connections the characters have and the dynamics at play are incredible. Highly recommend for those who enjoy reading thrillers that aren’t too graphic. Also, please make sure to look over the trigger warnings as it could be highly triggering (even to people aren’t typically effected by graphic descriptions).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Racism, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

arobbs301's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abortion, and Murder

jesswho's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Contains significant instances of revenge porn

cyndi1966's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, and Blood

phantomgecko's review

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

Honestly, with less language, this would be five stars. 

I enjoyed the dual timelines, the perspective switching, and the twists and reveals.

To know someone dies but not who until well into the book is a fun device. Kinda fun to guess who the victim would be. And you can't really guess the murderer until you know the victim, so your guesswork gets naturally divided into bits.

Things were well foreshadowed which always makes a book better. I semi-consciously connected the various women's experiences, but finding out Will was the common denominator was still exciting. Man, that guy sucked.

Another novel that asks the question, isn't some murder justified though?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

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

bungledin's review

mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

fi_sandison's review

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