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The Guest List by Lucy Foley
3.0

Let's start with the trigger warnings, shall we?
- Descriptions of self-harm
- Mentions of suicide
- Mentions of sexual abuse
- Murder (obviously)

I knocked a whole ass star off this review because of the descriptions of self-harm. It was unnecessary and did nothing for the storyline or the character. Alright, if the author felt it was necessary to have it in the plot, at least don't describe how she did it! Mentioning self-harm scars, either fresh or healed, is more than enough to display her feelings and hurt.

I liked the multiple POVs and loved that it always reminded us whose POV we were reading about. "Jules, the bride," "Hannah, the plus one," because I have a terrible memory and would've forgotten who was who if the POVs just had the names.

I did call who got murdered right from the start but found myself quite annoyed that the murder occurred at the end, plus who got arrested for the murder. I like having the needed backstories for every character and getting to know their relationships on a deeper level, but I would've liked the murder to happen maybe 3/4 of the story or even halfway.