jsreadingjournal 's review for:

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

3.0

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Thoughts: This was an interestingly written murder mystery because as a reader you don’t actually know who was murdered, let alone who the murderer is, until the last few chapters of the book. I’ve never read a book that did this before but I actually kind of liked it despite how slow it was. I feel like the uncertainty of everything had me constantly making new predictions, especially as everyone’s secrets were slowly revealed. The book is set on a remote island in Ireland for the wedding of Julia Keegan and Will Slater, and during the week of the wedding, things don’t exactly go as planned. The book is written from multiple perspectives – the bride, the groom, the best man, the plus one, and the wedding planner. The timeline also jumps around a bit which can take a while to get used to – it jumps around from before the wedding, during the wedding, and after the wedding. I really enjoyed the read, I think it was a good one for this time of year.