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catrionaturnerbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Murder
Minor: Alcoholism, Grief, and Pregnancy
hmstumfoll's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Abandonment
saj_81's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
Moderate: Sexual assault
kirstym25's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Drug abuse and Murder
caprichosbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
rondasue27's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
yvo_about_books's review against another edition
2.5
"One missing man. One body in the lake. We hardly need Miss Marple, do we?"
It's true that I've had mixed reactions to Clare Mackintosh's writing so far, but I absolutely loved my time with Hostage and I was hoping for a repeat experience with The Last Party. I was intrigued by the premise with the party, the lake setting and a murder mystery... And I fully expected to have a great time reading this first book of a new series. Unfortunately I ended up struggling considerably instead. I still like the premise and the setting is without doubt very well described. This story had so much potential, but in the end it just all fell flat for me. What didn't work then? First of all, The Last Party was both way too slow for me and also way overlong. This story could have been easily at least 100 pages shorter, and the plot would have been a lot tigher this way. As it is, there are way too many different characters/POVs and way too many descriptions along the way, and this made the story drag considerably. Add the fact that every single character is unlikeable and only becomes worse once you get to know them better, and I honestly couldn't care less what happened to any of them. The whole mystery around who killed Rhys didn't seem present at all; instead the focus was on just how many characters were hiding something. It was just overkill; so many characters cheating on each other, so many horrible secrets, so many 'revelations' stacked up that you just become immune to them all. This is without doubt my least favorite Clare Mackintosh book so far, and I will definitely not be continuing this series.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism
msextraordinary22's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
Minor: Incest and Vomit
whimsicalish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Generally, the heavy topics in the twists are taken with care. There's discussion instead of horrid things being shock value. The book does drag out the ending to give you twist after twist.
It seems like this will be a series. I'm not completely opposed to reading the next book. It's a maybe for me.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Murder and Pregnancy
Minor: Drug use, Physical abuse, and Sexual content
rachelwhicker06's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment