Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

92 reviews

bellsdixon's review against another edition

adventurous 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Stalking, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Gore, Vomit, Outing, and Classism

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a fun time, and there were twists that I didn't expect, so it did everything it intended to do. Sometimes the jumping back and forth in time can feel a little gimmicky.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

taliesinrex's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A really nicely-executed thriller that really did keep me guessing on the culprit (and victim!) right up til the reveal. the POV swapping takes a little bit of getting used to, but makes for a really interesting means of keeping the suspense throughout the ride, and obscuring details of the events up to the climax. the payoff is ultimately super satisfying and I think this would be a great one to revisit to comb through the clues scattered throughout earlier in the book (at least a couple I can name off the top of my head).

ultimately quite a good time, and was a quick read for me as I found myself drawn in by the short chapters and biased narration. characters are mostly pretty detestable, but that really does work in the book's favor as some of the main POV characters are given a chance to show their more sympathetic sides while the friend group and their Drama remains pretty entitled and doomed from the get-go. prose is effective at what it's going for, if a little rough at the start for me; I found that early on some of the internal monologue felt a bit too on the nose, with a couple characters outright stating things like "I like to say mean things to feel in control" that I thought might have been a little more effectively shown through their actions and reactions. I took issue with a couple minor elements - primarily to do with

being a little bit bored by Doug by the reveal of his backstory. His and Heather's romantic relationship also felt somewhat shoehorned in, and Katie's narration in the epilogue fell a bit flat to me

but overall not in a way that hindered my enjoyment of the mystery and drama that Foley created!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Homophobia

bessadams's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, and Infertility

Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, and Vomit

_janethereader_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Animal death, Drug use, Infidelity, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infertility, Vomit, and Pregnancy

weelasswithabook's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

3.5 🌟 

CW: Murder,  infertility, sexual assault, suicidal ideation, child abuse, animal death/hunting, outing, PTSD, Afghanistan war flashbacks, death, cheating, toxic friendships, stalking

🌟 Thriller

Every character in this book bar Heather and Doug are AWFUL. I don't think I've ever seen so many unlikeable characters in the one place 🤣 I could not wait to find out who the victim was, never mind the perpetrator, because it could've been any of them and I'd still have been delighted. There was no way for me to be disappointed here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Infertility, Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Outing

Minor: Addiction, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

nicoletiff's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

clarklyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

I really enjoyed this book! I would definitely recommend the audiobook, the voice actors added so much personality to each character. 

I wouldn’t say the twist was particularly shocking, it eventually becomes somewhat obvious what is happening. However, I loved the slow burn of finding out who was murdered along with the murderer. 

Now I desperately need a romance novel for Heather and Doug…stat!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

runbeck's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

fiercereadsfiction's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia and Infertility