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The Guest List by Lucy Foley

75 reviews

shipra_28's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

hellokatya's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

wow. i truly sat for a few minutes just saying wow. 
this book — the latter half — was amazing. the cliffhangers were spectacular, so difficult to put down, and really kept you so engaged and invested.
the first 25% are very slow, the only reason it was docked a quarter of a star, but it picks up from there and is addicting. 
i could not keep my nose out of this book and i highly, HIGHLY recommend. especially as a binge read. 
will most definitely be looking into more lucy foley books after this one. 

i also would’ve liked to have found out who the married people were in the newly wed’s bedroom was, but that’s neither here nor there

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

ahbmacgregor's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death and Vomit

liliev's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual violence, and Abortion

gracedunne's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

elephantsoups's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

God damn this book was good! It’s everything I’ve been craving in a story and more. One of the first times I’ve ever been surprised by a twist! I’ll be listening to more from this author asap

My own guest list (for a near-perfect story):
1. characters to sympathize with
2. characters to hate
3. a good irish storm to set the mood
4. wedding drama
5. family secrets 
6. multiple mysteries entangled into each other 
7. a small amount of spice and scandal 
8. a timeline and flashbacks that are easy as pie (or wedding cake?) to follow 

Check out the content warnings before picking this one up but definitely give it a chance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Racism, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

vivikasweiven's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual violence, Suicide, and Abandonment

glorifiedloveletters'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really good! Some twists that made me say, "OH! I should have realized that, if I'd thought about it for more than 2 seconds" and some that I legit did not see coming. Sometimes the dialogue was a little... expository... but that's really the only complaint I have.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Murder

adamsbookshelf's review

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

4.0

This novel is a blink and miss it type of story. We follow a celebrity couple who are getting married on a private island in Northern Ireland. This story revolves around 5 main characters 

Bride - Jules is essentially an influencer with her website and is striving to have the perfect wedding.

Groom- Will is a TV star with boat loads of charisma, every girl at the wedding can't keep their eyes off of him.

Best Man - Johnno is a stoner who doesn't come from money. His friendship with Will started in school and they have been best mates since then.

Maid of Honor - Olivia is Jules half-sister and has been going through a hard time with a recent break up.

Plus one - Hannah is the wife of Charlie who is Jules best friend. Her and Charlie left the kids with her parents and hope to spend the weekend reconnecting, enjoying the time away from parental life.

Through out the novel we alternate between the wedding night where the lights went out and a scream was heard and the two days prior. Secrets are revealed, games are played, and no one is who they seem. I enjoyed the fast pace of this novel and was genuinely shocked when it ended. I didn't want to put the book down.

I loved how we didn't know who even died until the ending. Without a clear victim I wasn't able to predict the murderer so all of the twists felt fresh. My biggest draw back was the ending. I feel like we just needed another chapter or two to wrap up all of the characters stories.

Overall such a good quick read with plenty of drama. For real the drama in this story was telenovela level of drama.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Vomit, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

mk4332's review against another edition

mysterious sad slow-paced

1.75

I listened to this on a road trip and didn’t really have anything else downloaded to switch to. It was not my favorite read. The setup/getting to know the characters was too drawn out and boring. Once the plot finally started happening it felt predictable in some ways, and like it wasn’t worth the slow build. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Murder