Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

399 reviews

laurenbaggy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Addiction, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

rmehta's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

This story took a bit for me to get into with the changing POVs and non-linear narration. However it was interesting to try and predict how the backstories of characters would intersect.

I was frustrated that it took till almost 90% of the book for us to find out who died, but looking back it was the right choice because we knew almost everyone's motivations for wanting him dead, so there wasn't actually much story left to explain

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Minor: Eating disorder

savleigh98's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Very satisfying ending, I figured out the murderer but I was over 80% of the way through before I called it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Abortion, Suicide, and Bullying

Minor: Murder, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Classism, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

laislinns's review against another edition

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

4.0

Twists and turns abound in this murder mystery. And I caught onto most of them early on. But there was one twist that I didn't see coming that raised this from a 3 star read to a 4.

The writing was great, the story keeping me turning pages long after I should have turned off the lights and gone to sleep.

I'm not sure whether I'm going to give The Hunting Party a try though. As well paced as The Guest List was, and as much as one twist caught me unawares, I also feel like the rest was... generic? The scene and characters mattered less than their role in the bendy storyline if that makes sense, and I am left with the feeling that The Hunting Party will be much of the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Sexual content, Miscarriage, and Self harm

chiantechick's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Abortion, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Death

chill1996's review

medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abortion

lkmath23's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

A pretty cookie cutter mystery on an island. I think the bows were tied a little too neatly for me in the end, but it was suspensful and a page turner for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Child death

Minor: Vomit, Fatphobia, and Abortion

mikitiale's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I don't normally read mystery books but this one was fine. I'm not well read enough in the genre to judge whether it was a well written murder mystery but I will say I wasn't suspecting the culprit.
The audiobook was great because each point of view was narrated by a different reader which helped differentiate characters more easily.
It should be made known that there is a lot of potentially triggering content involving self harm, suicide, and abortion as well as content warnings for alcohol and drug use.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Moderate: Abortion and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, and Alcoholism

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

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