laurajenkins's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Cursing, Violence, and Toxic friendship
kimveach's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: War, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Self harm, Cursing, Drug use, Alcohol, Classism, Infertility, Mental illness, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Murder, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
kateea7536's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Violence, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Death, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Physical abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Bullying, War, and Emotional abuse
abijoyceshaw's review
- 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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Violence, War, Alcohol, and Drug use
lovelymisanthrope's review
- 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
"The Hunting Party" is a multiple POV whodunit story. A group of friends decide to spend New Years celebrating together at a remote resort in the mountains. When they arrive, they find out they are not alone, and there is one other couple there as well. With tensions running high, someone ends up dead, and someone killed them, but who did it, and why?
I realize this book is called "The Hunting Party" but I was not expecting there to be so much language about hunting and killing animals. Had I known that, I would have been less likely to pick up this story.
As with Lucy Foley's other novels, this story has A LOT of POVs, and the timeline jumps around quite a bit, so you do need to pay attention to the story in order to completely follow every storyline. Unfortunately, for me, I did not like these characters, and I was not really interested in who killed who.
I do think a book like this takes a lot of skill to write, so I appreciate what Lucy Foley has accomplished, but I think "The Guest List" and "The Paris Apartment" were both executed better than this one.
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Animal death
Moderate: Sexual content
dizzybridge's review
4.5
Graphic: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Mental illness
cait's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Minor: Abandonment, Violence, Bullying, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Drug use, Grief, and Infidelity
notartgarfunkel's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Alcohol, Murder, Stalking, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Moderate: Addiction, Vomit, and Infertility
Minor: Fatphobia
heather_harrison's review
- 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
* A unlikeable and over privileged group of friends in an isolated location (this time an exclusive Scottish highlands lodge for NYE), cut off by the weather
* skeletons in the closet and secrets in the group
* multiple POVs (some more unlikeable than others)
Graphic: Medical content, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Stalking, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Infertility, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders
hauntedboi's review
- 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
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Sexual content
Moderate: Kidnapping, War, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Infertility
Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Self harm, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Outing, Grief, Sexism, Ableism, and Classism