Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

19 reviews

spellygirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

A good read that made it hard to figure out who did it until the end. A lot of skipping back and forth in time. Would recommend checking trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Murder, Torture, Addiction, Blood, Confinement, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Abortion, Child death, and Drug abuse

elatedbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.75

Listening to the audio version really saved this for me & meant I read it really quickly but if I’d sat down & read a physical copy I don’t think my experience would have been nearly so good. 

It kinda just failed to create a spooky atmosphere & because the event they were building up to was described so vaguely I didn’t really have any impending sense of doom that this format is so clearly written for. 

Not really the plot for me either :/
Bunch of posh guys reminiscing about the terrible stuff they did at boarding school? Not so great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

Moderate: Abortion

mari_books's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

Really enjoyed this! Very fast paced. Every chapter is from the perspective of a cast of wedding guests/ family members, moving back and forth through the timeline as a body is found on the night of the wedding. As the book goes on the chapters get shorter and the perspectives change more wildly, kind of creating a dizzying close to the end. My only complaint is that 60% of the book is getting readers super invested in the backstories and personal traumas of the characters 20% is the actual crime, 5% is the who-dun-it and 5% is the after. I would have loved a more rounded conclusion considering how much of the time was spent investing us in mystery. Great read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Torture, and Toxic relationship

morganperks's review

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

4.0

he deserved it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Violence, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Abortion, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Grief

Minor: Torture and Injury/Injury detail

danajoy's review against another edition

adventurous dark

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Abortion, Child death, Infidelity, Torture, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Suicide

kaylasonlyheart's review

challenging dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm, Death, Torture, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

breading_books's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Torture

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Kidnapping

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, and Self harm

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Torture, and Sexual assault

Also, revenge porn.

shannonxvx's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Sexism, Murder, Infidelity, Grief, and Fatphobia