Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

74 reviews

jiao_li's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual violence, and Murder

amandareads666's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

autismandniamh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Self harm, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide

josiebrown's review

challenging 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

3.5

check the content warnings for sure. very scary men in this book. couldnt put it down though and super gripping 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

annaliseg's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

mkilla's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism

emmorantz's review

dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Self harm

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abortion, and Murder

radh's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.25

good book to listen to. lots of POVs. Fits it genre archetypes of thriller with rich guy with a sordid past and conveniently all the threads of his misdoings line up in one place and one time with everyone he's wronged seeking revenge. Not amazing, but not bad. Some storylines definitely could've been better developed and seemed like they were just kinda thrown in randomly to act as a 'ah-ha' reveal, but weren't actually thought out at all, so some of the later story-tellinh felt lazy and rushed. But overall decent. Didn't get invested in the characters at all though. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

wright_rendon_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Abortion

Revenge p*rn is mentioned throughout

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

Read For:

Petty Drama

Murder Mystery 

Wedding Setting

Multiple Point of Views

Slow Burn Story Telling

This book wasn’t bad but I don’t think I’d read it again.

I thought the author did a good job with setting the scene and having the suspenseful atmosphere I was expecting from a murder mystery.  However, I thought it was a bit drawn out.  All the characters being taken apart, not being as perfect as they once seemed was written well… I just didn’t care for most of the characters.  They weren’t all that likable and the drama was a bit predictable.

The narrators though, did a lovely job.  And with all the different characters they really made each character unique.

Release Date: 02, June 2020

POV: Switching, First Person

Spice: 🌶️ 

Rep: n/a

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, and Abandonment