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The Guest List

Lucy Foley

Start date: April 1, 2021

Finish date: April 30, 2021

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* The Names by Florence Knapp - Sep 25 Adult / Non-Fiction BOM (starts 16 Sep)
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* The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese - Sep 25 Theme BOM - South and South East Asia (Starts 5 September)
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Mar 15, 2023 Andreea rated it liked it · review of another edition

I like thrillers and I like this new contemporary style of a slow burn thriller where the crime is not as important as the story and characters, and this is what The Guest List is.

A wedding on a secluded island. What could be better than this, right? Multiple POVs, that's how you make it even more entertaining!

I really enjoyed it. I cannot really say much more about it because I don't feel like it's anything amazing. I did not really care about the characters, but still I enjoyed the story. It's ...more

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Sep 12, 2020 Kim Benouski added it

Shelves: thriller-suspense-mystery

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Jul 11, 2021 Trisha added it

Shelves: drama, suspense

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Shelves: 2021

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Aug 22, 2020 Mandy Beyers rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: suspense, ladies-book-club

Aug 28, 2020 Lori Ann is currently reading it · review of another edition

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Shelves: readin2021

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Shelves: own, hardcover, hoopla-libby, mystery-thriller, 2020-reads

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Shelves: audiobook, 4stars, mystery-suspense, scrbd, read-in-2020

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Oct 05, 2021 Charlotte rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Jan 17, 2021 Melike added it · review of another edition

Shelves: botm, mystery-thriller, britain

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Feb 24, 2021 Lindy-Lane added it

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Aug 31, 2022 Sarah rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: nrpg-unused

Jan 27, 2021 Melike rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-thriller, audiobook

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Feb 12, 2021 Kim Benouski rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Why on earth does this have such strong reviews? This book was full of cliches. It dragged at the beginning with too many character shifts and details that no one cares about. The whole schoolboy mystery that older people figure out decades later theme has been done to death, and the amount of ridiculous coincidences is laughable.

This was garbage.

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Jul 11, 2021 Trisha rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Omigosh! I LOVED this novel! It was told from multiple POV, and it jumped back and forth from the discovery of the murder and the time leading up to it. Both of these writing styles made for short chapters and kept the plotline moving very quickly. There was a slow build to the story in the beginning, getting to know the characters, their personalities and backgrounds. Everyone had secrets that were slowly coming to light, and once the plot twists started, they didn’t stop. Back to back to back, ...more

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