Reviews

The Final Party by A.A. Chaudhuri

mairi96's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

taylorjay31's review

4.0

Rating: 4/5⭐️

“SIX FRIENDS. ONE BODY. COUNTLESS LIES.”

The Final Party is a story about friendships, secrets, lies, and deceptions. Six friends travel to Italy to celebrate their long time friend’s 40th birthday. What was supposed to be a relaxing vacation and a chance to reconnect with friends, ends up taking a turn for the worst as secrets start to surface. By the end of the week, one of them ends up dead.

Right from the start we are introduced to all six characters with their own individual chapters detailing their thoughts regarding the trip, and more importantly, each other. There seems to be a lot of animosity between everyone that I’m honestly shocked these people are still friends! It definitely took a few chapters to really understand who is who, and how everyone relates to each other, but once it clicked it was smooth sailing the rest of the story!

I found the way the story is told, by switching between present day and the events that happened years ago when everyone was attending university, really helped pull me in and kept me wanting more and more! The present day chapters tended to end in cliffhangers and with many words left unsaid, which only made me want to read the flash back chapters even quicker! There were so many twists and surprises that I hadn’t even considered might be possible. I really love when a book truly keeps me guessing until the very end, and The Final Party definitely did that! I ended up reading The Final Party in a single sitting!

Thank you to A.A. Chaudhuri, Hera Books, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an early copy of this book! I had a great time reading this, and I look forward to checking out A.A. Chaudhuri’s other books! All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.

ladycatlady's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

su_reads4's review against another edition

dark 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? No

5.0

It was a very good story. It took me a bout 100 pages (2 sittings) to get into the story, but by then I finished it in 2 days. You cannot guess the ending. It is really a crazy, tense, well written story. 

chaptersofvicki's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a great thriller with plenty of twists and turns throughout. The story takes place in Sorrento, Italy over two different timelines. Current time 2019 and the past 2001. 

We hear from multiple POV so we get to know more about each character in both timelines as the story goes on.

I can’t say that I particularly really liked any of the characters, they all seemed pretty shady and were each hiding something. I did love the setting though I always think it makes a thriller seem that much more mysterious when set abroad. 

This was the first novel I’ve read by this author and I’d definitely read more. I found the story flowed well and kept me engaged throughout.

Thank you to Love Book Tours and the publisher for having me on the tour and for my gifted ebook.

jerica_mercado's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

_lozzieloves's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

booksaremyfavthing's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.75

This book grabbed me right from the cover.  I loved the multiple points of view and the dual timelines. Seeing this story from everyone's point of view was fun and you were never really sure who the bad guy was. Once the twists started I could not put this book down, I had to know what happened, and I was not disappointed, what a great ending! All the characters had great storylines and I can't wait to read more by this author!

nisha_castelino's review

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

thetinybookworm's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0