Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

405 reviews

jkngsly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicide attempt, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

makenziewho's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abortion, Bullying, and Child death

Minor: Alcoholism

uniquekorne's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Minor: Abortion, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

tabookish's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Child death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

jenniferbowman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Murder, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Excrement, Suicide, Abortion, Death, Infidelity, Classism, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Suicide attempt

esv_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Alcohol, Child death, Self harm, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Abortion

Minor: Grief, Abandonment, Addiction, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

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 against another edition

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