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The Guest List by Lucy Foley

169 reviews

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

lazer57's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Self harm

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

rehearsal_collection's review against another edition

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

3.0

Way darker than I expected. Very tense and gripping. The characters aren't really loveable, but you do feel some compassion for them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Bullying

Moderate: Abortion and Vomit

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

ashlynmanley's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book has me so conflicted. Part of me loved the way it was done and part of me hated it. Let me explain. 
I began reading the book extremely intrigued by the different POVs. If you don’t know, every single chapter the POV changes. It’s a very interesting concept. So the book begins with a chapter set in real time where the mystery begins. But then you jump back to POVs from the day before for at least 5-6 chapters before you return to the mystery. Originally, I thought this was going to just be a way to introduce the characters but then I realized the entire book was like that. So throughout the entire story you have no idea who died or who did it… until like the last 25 pages. It was a MASSIVE build up to a really intense but crazy quick ending. Not sure how I felt about that. 

I also just think that so much of the book was completely unnecessary. There were plenty of POVs where it felt like the entire chapter could be taken out because it just didn’t help the plot in any way. 

Now was the twists and turns predictable? I’d say I guessed 5/8s of them. Some were so blatantly obvious to me and then others were like jaw drop moments. And those of course felt good. However, the chances of what happened happening in real life… EXTREMELY slim. So if you want a semi realistic thriller/mystery… this is not the one for you. 

Now if you like a ton of background info and love a slow build with an abrupt, jaw drop ending, then I think you will like this one a lot. Even though I am conflicted about it, I definitely don’t regret reading it. It was very well written and the style was quite unique which I found intriguing. 

I will, however, add my little trigger warning. I normally try to steer from things that have talk of abortion in it, but I never read anything about this book before I picked it up. I definetly should have. I could sense where the story was going with one character quite easily but even knowing what was going to happen wasn’t enough for me. I still bawled my eyes out and hated the way they described certain things involving this girls abortion. It’s a touchy topic for me and I certainly don’t enjoy reading about it. So if you are like me in that sense… maybe don’t pick this one up. 

And then I’ll just wrap up saying that the sexual nature of it was just too much for me. I don’t pick up a thriller to read about sex, nor would I ever want to. Not only was it a HIGHLY talked about topic, but there were a few times were the book got super descriptive on what they were doing in the bedroom and it was just gross. Hated that. 
BUT! Overall, it did hold my attention and I was able to finish the book while still processing the ending for a while (which is a good feeling). So while I had my issues with it, I know that it’s still a good read and one that many will probably enjoy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Abortion, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death and Toxic relationship

titan_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

An entertaining quick read. I enjoyed the mystery and ominous vibes. I didn't care much for any of the characters though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Classism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Child death