Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

8 reviews

lexithelion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Out of Lucy Foley's 3 murder mysteries, this is definitely my least favourite. However, that is not to say that this is a bad book, because it's not. This book is a great first mystery that combines the difficult inter-workings of friendships and an establishing plot-line that puts all the characters in an abstract and very solitary situation. The book does not drag and the story is incredibly easy to follow; props to Lucy Foley for being able to write a 0% confusing mystery novel that jumps back-and-forth in time and also utilizes multi-perspective chapters. I will say that this book seemed quite fast and the ending was incredibly abrupt which is a pattern I've noticed in Foley's literature. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicide, Medical content, and Grief

rmperash's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Outing, and Sexual harassment

heather_harrison's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.0

Another isolated mystery from Foley, although a lot of similarities with The Guest List. 

* 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) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

kiwichill's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

wow, so good. i loved the familiarity of each of the narrators, like they were ranting to me about their histories and issues. it had great pacing and writing and a riveting story, had me guessing at every turn but still provided a dramatic ending. i loved how the lodge employees were treated as entirely human and noteworthy despite being less glamorous than the guests. everyone is a grotesque character and it was fascinating to see them alternate between unraveling spectacularly and finding some kind of redemption.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Medical content

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

2.5

Fun ride, disappointing ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

rotatinglibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

This book is really about the pain of outgrowing friends. I really didn't like how the narration broke the 4th wall- what was the point of speaking directly to the reader? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Stalking

Minor: Child death, Confinement, and Infertility

PTSD, humiliation, war,

carrie_reads_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, and Medical content