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Second mystery novel, "The Guest List. " I'm fascinated by people, and this gives me a great chance to explore that - and people's hidden secrets and darkness and what's going on under the surface. I just can't promise that what I'm about to do in my review of The Guest List will give you that foundation: Summary of The Guest List by Lucy Foley: A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie* from the author of The Hunting Party. There are Sophie and Jacques, an older couple who live in the penthouse; Mimi and Camille, two young students occupying the fourth-floor apartment; on the second floor, Nick, a friend and former classmate of Ben's who helped him find the apartment; on the first floor, young couple Antoine and Dominque; and the elderly concierge, who lives in a small cabin in the courtyard. These characters are ver complex. What happened to Loner's body? As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. So, as you can imagine, here is a book chock full of conflicts and tensions. I knew that I wanted to set it on an island, and my first idea was that I was going to set it on a Greek island - mainly because I wanted to go there on a research trip, " she said with a laugh. Then, Will talks about how he met Jules (he went back to a party after his original date needed to leave). But his constant self-pity, victim shit really got old fast. The bride and groom are online magazine publisher Julia "Jules" Keegan and celebrity host and survivalist William Slater. Jules and William leave Olivia out there, alone, and go back into the wedding to cut the damn cake. Funny, I thought we'd let go as that being something to be envied, about a decade or so ago?
They're all implicated in some way, and they've all got a big secret tying them together. A whodunnit that is a little too drawn out with elaboration on the headspace of characters. The Guest List: Plot Holes. Let's count up all the things Will did – it is pretty impressive: - Getting Olivia pregnant. And then someone turns up dead. First, to call this a thriller/mystery is a lie. Not to spoil it, of course, but I was hoping for something more satisfying at the end. Travel journalist Lo is reeling from a home burglary, and she believes she has received the assignment of a lifetime when she steps aboard a small, luxury cruise in the North Sea for a week. They notice he's missing, but he never shows up in the story again. There's more, but Olivia doesn't continue. I blazed through this book like I was hungry to read again. You know that feeling … when new information blows your assumptions out of the water just as you're about to shout, "it was Colonel Mustard in the library! List of Guest List Characters.
Who didn't wish the happy couple well? In the end, it doesn't matter. Both The Hunting Party and The Guest List are being adapted for the screen, with a screenplay - and a lead actress - in the works for The Hunting Party's adaptation. Then of course, on the day of the wedding, the storm comes rolling in off of the sea, despite all predictions stating otherwise. I almost didn't pick up Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney because it sounded TOO much like The Guest List and And Then There Were None to me, but it's VERY different, and VERY shocking — a true masterpiece of a modern thriller! Richard MaddenCast Your Vote. However, I think that should've gotten wrapped up, no? Hannah's dead sister. I also did not love the narration. I loved the interplay of various accents. Oh, I have receipts. Helena Bonham CarterCast Your Vote. Mind you, I can say this about every person in this book except the teenager, who is the only character I liked, empathized … wait let me stop. If I had to hear one more time how Charlie and Jules have been friends since they were kids?
That is how the "adults" around her treat her and talk about her. Aiofe (pronounced Eeefah) and her partner Freddy – they are the wedding planner and chef. You are telling me the party that Olivia got sick at and went home, he didn't recognize Jules from the pictures in her apartment, and maybe just maybe put two and two together? Plot was great, too. That leads to the next huge ass plot hole in The Guest List- WHY DIDN'T OLIVIA SAY SOMETHING? Multiple characters literally refer to her as "cuckoo" because that is some crap labeling and sensitivity language right there. Does she come to her sister's defense? She has dropped out of college and had a relationship bust up.
Daisy RidleyCast Your Vote. Jess has just left her job and is broke and alone, desperate for a fresh start. PS… keep in mind she also wakes up hungover as Charlie. Multiple breaks in between. Guess what, love, your issues are with yourself, not her, nor her and Charlie's friendship. The whole book is constantly switching back and forth between different days and different characters. Being around Jules again (and back with Will's stag party friends) stresses him out all over again. Another self-entitled man-boy badly in need of being smacked upside the head. Each narator developed their character well. The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley. This is a very simplistic heading, but rings true – throughout The Guest List, there is a sense of foreboding. We also find out that the stag party incident was that Charlie was ditched naked, alone and freezing on an island for a few hours and he blames Will.
I recommend giving it a listen. The whole Survival Game from boarding school and Loner… anyone actually going to do anything about that? Childhood Trauma/PTSD. Her latest whodunnit takes place off the coast of Connemara, as people gather for the glamorous wedding of Jules Keegan and Will Slater: an invitation to die for - and a weekend that the guests will never forget. And if there is something that has been bugging you out since boarding school? It was like a secret project.
Chris O'DowdCast Your Vote. Then, at the stroke of midnight, Nana is found dead and, each hour, the death toll increases. Her parents divorced and her father remarried. The Club is a Reese's book club pick that uniquely takes place at a super guarded and luxurious club for celebrities on an island off the English coast. This answer contains spoilers… (view spoiler) [a person else requested this due to the fact I questioned approximately it as well. The police apprehend Johnno. We've got the elderly lady with her little dog, some students, the hot guy who lives in the basement flat, this very glamorous couple who throw parties for all the neighbours.
Deep in the Pacific Ocean, Meroe Island has an eerie history of shipwrecks, murder, and even cannibalism. I loved listening to the audio and was pleased to hear such thriller suspense story. The Retreat by Sarah Pearse. "That's how [the move into thrillers] came about. There are characters who are likable and relatable, and others that are a bit too fabricated and distant. Actress, Chicago Med.
I love Reese's book club selections. If you want to join the discussion, leave a comment. I would have like a few more things explained. Where its around a courtyard, so you can see into other apartments. I was going to make sure she was the first one offed. I've made up plenty a dream cast in my head, only to find out that the movie rights have yet to even be snatched up. Still good book, just felt like that side of Hannah's character wasn't needed.
So let that sink in for a point of reference. It's a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. And then, his voice claggy with sleep: "Not now, Han. But last time the lights snapped back on again within minutes. They bring up a girl who once broke Will's heart and how he got back at her by sending around an explicit video. When I read it, I just saw it as adding to part of the frustration, stress of dealing with being a wedding planner that Aoife was dealing with. I didn't see things coming and nice element of surprises and twists.. But when Jess finally gets to Ben's building, he's not there to welcome her. Johno had two options. The victim was obvious and who did was so stupid I just ….
When they turn on, there's a scream and reports of a body. Lucy Foley proves she can write a character that I worried about, cared about, and felt protective of the nineteen-year-old.