Reviews with content warning for Death - The Hunting Party

What a miserable meandering excuse for a book. It was an interesting premise: a tale of friendships strained and broken in isolation as the mystery of a murder shrouds them, especially when surrounded by creepy strangers. This, however, quickly devolved into plodding diatribes by rich British people who were, collectively, the most immature people I've ever had the displeasure to read about. Somehow every single problem seemed trite at best, contrived at worst, and good Lord do people not regularly talk to their significant others???

I was also put off by the amount of random sex. It seemed like whenever the book got too "boring", the author would randomly put in a sex scene or an allusion to it that served no purpose other than to get you back into the book, a sort of shock value not displayed for other things like the characters getting shot at the end. Also... really? That's who you made the villain?

The first time I've put an audiobook higher than 1.0x just to finish with it sooner. Bravo for that achievement. Cannot recommend in any capacity.

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greatexpectations77's review against another edition

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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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annabailey12's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.75

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nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-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

0.75

Tämä kirja on vaan niin huono. Ei sitä oikein muuksi voi kuvata. Siinä on ainekset hyvään tarinaan, mutta toteutus on aivan onneton. Uskoisin että samasta ideasta joku parempi kirjailija olisi saanut erittäin hyvän kirjan aikaiseksi.

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holliesatchell's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.25

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weelasswithabook's review against another edition

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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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