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The Guest List by Lucy Foley

34 reviews

atsundarsingh'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Totally didn't see the end coming, and it managed to be layered surprises past the initial one. I liked the multiple POVs despite myself; author really managed to make each charcter have their own voice and make sense. Pretty suspenseful, and I was interested for the most part. Occasionally fell off, particularly Johnno in the first 2/3 but otherwise largely good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mkilla'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Read For:

Petty Drama

Murder Mystery 

Wedding Setting

Multiple Point of Views

Slow Burn Story Telling

This book wasn’t bad but I don’t think I’d read it again.

I thought the author did a good job with setting the scene and having the suspenseful atmosphere I was expecting from a murder mystery.  However, I thought it was a bit drawn out.  All the characters being taken apart, not being as perfect as they once seemed was written well… I just didn’t care for most of the characters.  They weren’t all that likable and the drama was a bit predictable.

The narrators though, did a lovely job.  And with all the different characters they really made each character unique.

Release Date: 02, June 2020

POV: Switching, First Person

Spice: 🌶️ 

Rep: n/a

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, and Abandonment

ruthhelizabeth's review

dark tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Eating disorder, Racism, Rape, Abortion, and Death of parent

elephantsoups's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

God damn this book was good! It’s everything I’ve been craving in a story and more. One of the first times I’ve ever been surprised by a twist! I’ll be listening to more from this author asap

My own guest list (for a near-perfect story):
1. characters to sympathize with
2. characters to hate
3. a good irish storm to set the mood
4. wedding drama
5. family secrets 
6. multiple mysteries entangled into each other 
7. a small amount of spice and scandal 
8. a timeline and flashbacks that are easy as pie (or wedding cake?) to follow 

Check out the content warnings before picking this one up but definitely give it a chance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Racism, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

r_a_bell's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.25

It was overall good, but the majority of characters weren’t likable in the least, which was kind of the point. The atmosphere was well developed and there were several big twists/reveals. Some of these were pretty predictable, and it was kind of improbably that ALL of these things could actually occur. It makes for a good story, but it kind of takes away from the realism of it. The ending sticks with the sense of realism, and although it resolved the issue at hand, it’s not the kind of feel good ending a lot of people would be looking for. All in all, a good quick read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pregnancy and Classism

While there’s not exactly an adult/minor relationship, there is a much older man involved in a sexual relationship with a 19-year-old girl, which is close enough and still has much of the same power dynamic, which could be really triggering for someone who finds adult/minor relationships triggering. The content warning for sexual violence is in relation to revenge porn and the threat of publishing revenge porn

skudiklier's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

It was interesting! Not sure how satisfying I find the ending, but I didn't see most of the twists coming, and I definitely wanted to keep reading to find out what happened next. 

The audiobook narrators were all great as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Minor: Racism and Death of parent

Revenge porn

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

major content warning for self harm. check dropdown for others
for the majority of this book i was under the impression that The Guest List was published before The Hunting Party, which made a lot of sense because The Hunting Party felt like a more polished execution of a similar concept. actually, The Guest List came _after_ The Hunting Party. and knowing that her most recent book is The Paris Apartment… 😬

📉

. i was still surprised by the ending, though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Pregnancy

cozy_gh0st's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

affectionateemu's review

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism