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The Guest List by Lucy Foley

83 reviews

kateea7536's review against another edition

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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Unlike anything I’ve ever read. Simply incredible. So many twists and turns and secrets and lies that it was just fascinating as it unfolded. It is rare that such good and vivid writing is paired with a plot that unwravels so flawlessly without being clunky. I love how little I knew even halfway through the book - the characters were set up sooo well that you felt lied to as the reader. Even side characters were given substance and depth so that every part felt relevant to the story. There were lots of false alarm moments of tension that ramped up and then diffused, which kept me on my toes. The stark contrast between foolish child-like men and the intricate murder mystery was unique and captivating and also contributed to lots of looks at how females are treated and schoolboy culture, which can be highly toxic. So many ideas and themes were covered but it never felt like too much and this has shot into one of my top 5 books of all time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Abortion, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Murder, Child death, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Misogyny

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Alcohol, Murder, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual content, Suicide, Abortion, Cursing, Grief, Infidelity, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

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

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

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

swenso12's review

dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Alcohol, Child death, Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit

ptitirodactyle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

a lot of skinny valorization/fat shaming + a bit of a problematic depiction of self-harm imho

I also figured out pretty much all of the twists in advance, so the book didn’t have me gasping.

it’s not a bad novel per se, but there are much better thrillers out there. I very much preferred The Paris Apartment.

I’m guessing that I was supposed to be happy with the ending, but it left me bittersweet. There is no justice at all, all the women hurt by Will are gonna continue to suffer because of what he did to them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Self harm, Violence, Bullying, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion, Blood, and Pregnancy

bringmybooks's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Sometimes I wish that my husband and I had the opportunity to have a larger wedding (c*19 wedding couple over here), and then I read books like this and think "uh, yeah, we're probably fine"

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As always, super hard to review thriller books without giving way too much away, but this one was wild! Super atmospheric, super twisty & dark & gritty, and in a very weird way super fun? Fun is really not the right word here. Trainwreck you can't look away from? Maybe that's it.

There were a couple of twists that I didn't see coming - one of which felt a *little* too neat - and I think it wrapped itself up in a really neat bow, although it's kind of hard to say that it was a "good" ending, because pretty much everyone's life had been completely upturned. But hey, them's the breaks? I guess? 

This is my 2nd Lucy Foley and I can definitively say that I preferred this one over The Paris Apartment - also, it kind of gave me Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney vibes? I don't necessarily mean that if you liked DD you'd love this one, or if you hated DD you'd hate this one. Just that I got vibes. That's all I got.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Bullying, Murder, Violence, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Kidnapping, Abortion, Blood, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Pregnancy, Racism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death, Fatphobia, Grief, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Infidelity

connorkuj's review

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Body shaming, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

heathermarie08's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

From the beginning you know someone is dead but throughout the book you have no idea who. So many twists and turns and surprises that leave you guessing .... so good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Classism, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Confinement, Self harm, Child death, and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use

jenna_justi2004's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Abortion, Classism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

mnadler's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This book is slow to start but sticking with it resulted with an intriguing middle through ending that had lots of twists and turns. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Child death, Suicide, Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit