Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

414 reviews

carlyreags's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Self harm

mutablemoon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

this was much better than The Paris Apartment. I did not see some of the twist coming!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Suicide

ktnikols's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

If you can stomach the terrible terrible men in this book, it makes it more than worth you while. A great thriller!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

tabea1409's review

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Death, Alcoholism, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Alcohol, Child abuse, Self harm, Violence, and Vomit

christinereads1823's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

An excellently written, wonderfully intricate thriller mystery. Foley's five narrators are evocative, their distinct voices a perfect blend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Alcohol, and Self harm

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Minor: Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Abortion

charisw's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

Very quick and easy read, I enjoyed it. At a point near the end I was starting to get a little bored and I was planning to give it 3 stars but then the last couple chapters turned it around and I settled on 3.5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Child death, Self harm, Death, Alcohol, Bullying, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Grief, Death, Drug use, and Sexual harassment

gabiboyle's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Self harm, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment and Addiction

natalie027's review

dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love that the narrative jumped back and forth between the events leading up to the murder and as they unraveled what had happened. I expected to get annoyed at the characters hiding things even when they were the narrator, but it was cleverly set up so that they either were hiding things from themselves/trying not to think about things or were focused on the conversations they were having and it made sense for them to keep things secret. 

Some of the plot twists were hinted at and paid off in a satisfying way, but some of them thoroughly bamboozled me, and I was so impressed by both!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Suicide, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

Minor: Infidelity

Details on content warning for suicide:

One of the main characters discusses someone who died by suicide. These discussions are focused on why it happened and the aftermath and grief, but the act is not described in detail. Another character has some suicidal ideation.

soefeeah's review

challenging slow-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? N/A

3.0

It was really hard to get through this book for me. It was almost a DNF. I had to get the sparknotes to get excited about it cause i had no idea what what happening, what the point of it all was, where it was going, all of the characters were shady and ominous as fuck and i didn't like any of them except Hannah, kind of. I found my self skimming and skipping so much of the scene setting. Idk. Maybe cause I went into it not knowing what to expect. Not for me. Though I see the Agatha Christie comparison. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Death, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Child death, Abortion, Alcohol, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

atsundarsingh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Totally didn't see the end coming, and it managed to be layered surprises past the initial one. I liked the multiple POVs despite myself; author really managed to make each charcter have their own voice and make sense. Pretty suspenseful, and I was interested for the most part. Occasionally fell off, particularly Johnno in the first 2/3 but otherwise largely good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Addiction, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Classism, Medical content, Sexism, Drug use, Death, Vomit, Violence, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts