Reviews

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

joh12949's review against another edition

I got so bored. To be fair it may have been an issue with the narrator as I listened to the audiobook 

coyotes_tiptoe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

miss_majuu's review against another edition

2.0

Maybe I should just stop trying with thrillers. All of the ones I've read used the same couple of writing devices/tropes and I hate all of them.
I'm not really good at explaining what I mean because these things are more in the writing but I'll try.


Things almost every thriller does that suck
1) only insufferable and unlikeable are allowed to exist.... Why should I care for the story when I want to see all your lives get destroyed?
2) very crude (?) writing. I'm not really a prude but it is kinda weird just how much everybody is always thinking about sex, having sex, having a million plot lines related to sex (cheating, no sex in a relationship) all in quite jarring detail.... Just why
3) graphic animal death to set the atmosphere
4) we get to know somebody is the bad guy cause they a) abuse and kill an animal, b) assault somebody else (mostly sexual assault cause of course) or c) all of the above
5) a character has either an eating disorder or harms themselves which both will be described in graphic detail. Sometimes it's even both but it's somehow always the same mental illnesses.


Things I, in addition, didn't like about The Guest List
~it's was almost completely predictable
~the last chapter really isn't a good ending

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

shreyadav's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm

mentions razors and describes the harm

pepperjl's review

adventurous 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

4.0

eapreske's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

g_net's review

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

alejaeger's review against another edition

5.0

Suspense

Intrigas

Fofocas

Uma morte....

Lucy Foley eu te amo por favor entenda

magspaggs's review against another edition

3.5

Decent little mystery, even if it was a little predictable. Wanted more for Hannah, Charlie sucked.

I think it would have been a better ending if all four of the girls banded together to murder Will because he was the worst.