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The Guest List
by Lucy Foley
I received a copy of this book from the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
CW: description of self harm
Julia and Will are getting married on a small island off the coast of Ireland. It's beautiful, rugged and dangerous - what could go wrong? It turns out, plenty - especially when Will grew up in a boarding school with a lot of secrets, secrets his friends have been keeping for a long time, and Julia's sister is struggling with her own troubles.
This book was an atmospheric ride and I loved being taken along on it - from the memories of boarding school to possibly the worst wedding I've ever read about - and that doesn't even include the murder!
Lucy Foley is an expert, an expert , at creating groups of people that you can despite with every bit of your reader's heart. The Hunting Party was a mix of similar characters but I feel like Foley honed her expertise even further in The Guest List and created a perfect mix of privileged, private school boys foaming at the mouth, coke dust on their nose still reliving the glory of their school days even though they're fully grown adults. There was a terrific pressure in the novel anytime I read interactions between the men as they felt almost cult-like and there was a tinge of danger. I wouldn't want to be around them, and I felt like snatching at the half-decent characters who came into their reach.
This is the type of thriller where every character we follow has an interesting backstory and they all start to weave into one another, and it all connects in the end. I do think Hannah's sister's death didn't quite have to be connected to Will as well as everything else, as it was such a coincidence but I can see why it gave a twist to the story because for a while I 100% thought Hannah was the murderer .
I was hooked into this story from the start and I loved every twist and turn. It helped that it was a stormy week in Ireland too because it helped me really understand the mood and feeling on the island. Extra points for me as well for a character with my name, as it rarely happens, AND some really nice inclusions of Irish names, culture and setting without it being mocked by other characters or included in the wrong way. You can tell Lucy Foley has Irish connections which is also a plus from me!
CW: description of self harm
Julia and Will are getting married on a small island off the coast of Ireland. It's beautiful, rugged and dangerous - what could go wrong? It turns out, plenty - especially when Will grew up in a boarding school with a lot of secrets, secrets his friends have been keeping for a long time, and Julia's sister is struggling with her own troubles.
This book was an atmospheric ride and I loved being taken along on it - from the memories of boarding school to possibly the worst wedding I've ever read about - and that doesn't even include the murder!
Lucy Foley is an expert, an expert , at creating groups of people that you can despite with every bit of your reader's heart. The Hunting Party was a mix of similar characters but I feel like Foley honed her expertise even further in The Guest List and created a perfect mix of privileged, private school boys foaming at the mouth, coke dust on their nose still reliving the glory of their school days even though they're fully grown adults. There was a terrific pressure in the novel anytime I read interactions between the men as they felt almost cult-like and there was a tinge of danger. I wouldn't want to be around them, and I felt like snatching at the half-decent characters who came into their reach.
This is the type of thriller where every character we follow has an interesting backstory and they all start to weave into one another, and it all connects in the end. I do think Hannah's
I was hooked into this story from the start and I loved every twist and turn. It helped that it was a stormy week in Ireland too because it helped me really understand the mood and feeling on the island. Extra points for me as well for a character with my name, as it rarely happens, AND some really nice inclusions of Irish names, culture and setting without it being mocked by other characters or included in the wrong way. You can tell Lucy Foley has Irish connections which is also a plus from me!