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The Guest List by Lucy Foley

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khhoyt's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

ruinedlanguage's review against another edition

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4.0

I was mildly invested for most of this but it kept reminding me of other things that tore me apart. Episodes of Criminal Minds, a certain movie that would definitely count as a spoiler if I mentioned it here.

The characters and their relationships never felt real but the catharsis I felt at the end really saved this book for me. Also, it made me want to read more thrillers so it has that going for it.

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The movie it reminded me of was “A promising young woman” particularly with the backstory for Hannah’s older sister.

I felt so awful over Darcy Malone it nearly brought me to tears. The idea of him wanting to belong so badly he did so many things without complaint, the way he was bullied but simply accepted it and called those bullies his best friends and how he was willing to sacrifice all that to do the right thing and met a slow depressing death. Absolutely heartbreaking I was so happy when Will died, though it does seem pretty unbelievable how one person managed to fuck up so many other people’s lives.

jwinslade202's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

Very enjoyable! Listened to the audiobook and it was so well portrayed by the voice actors.

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makmorris's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

SO GOOOOOD but I did feel like I predicted more of this plot than the last books of hers I read

lyssabev7's review against another edition

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3.0

I felt like it took a long time to get into and then all of the sudden it was over. It was a tangled web of people/stories and the end felt very rushed.

kerryamchugh's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

2.5

This was somehow both entertaining and slightly aggravating... I wanted to know what happened, but found the pacing slightly off (we don't know what the terrible thing is OR how it came to be until the very end). Also, every character in this book was somehow more awful than the last. So: rich people behaving badly at a wedding on a secluded island off the coast of Ireland, all of whom are fairly terrible and have lots of secrets, rage, anxiety, and regrets, with a hefty dose of Lord of the Flies, somehow worse because the schoolboys are now grownups.

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