Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

16 reviews

batcaves's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Classism, Abortion, Fatphobia, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, and Confinement

kcarney86's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic friendship, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Self harm, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abortion and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, and Body shaming

iffygeneia's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This was advertised to me as a detective novel, which it is not. It could be classified as a mystery though.
It's more like a really good soap opera - it's all about the POV characters relationships, feelings, life stories, and how those feed into each other and culminate to a crescendo at this wedding.
It's got a very slow start, but picked up pace about halfway through and then just kept speeding up until the grand finale. 
I liked this book, especially once the puzzle pieces started falling into place a bit. Some of them I saw coming, some I didn't, all were expertly laid out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Abortion, Violence, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Classism, and Child death

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, and Car accident

laurenrayreads's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion, Murder, and Suicide attempt

jayoz15's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

As I was reading this book, I couldn't understand why it was so popular. But then the reveals and plot twists started happening, and I could see why it is so hyped. While the ending was excellent in the way everything came together, I really disliked the first 75%. It was just SO slow. If it wasn't for a book club, I probably would've DNF'ed. However, glad I pushed through and saw it to the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Abortion, Domestic abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicide

revenge porn

ktcarrel's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The "twist" ending felt like anticipating a balloon to pop but instead the air was let out all at once.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship