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The Guest List: A Novel
Written by Lucy Foley
Narrated by Jot Davies, Chloe Massey and Aoife McMahon
Editor's Note
Reese’s book club…
Reese Witherspoon picked “The Guest List” as one of her June/July 2020 book club picks, along with “I’m Still Here” by Austin Channing Brown. “A very stormy seaside destination wedding is the back drop for this thrilling June book pick. … Get ready for so many twists and turns as you try to figure out the who, what and when of this mystery. It reminds me of some of my favorite mysteries from Agatha Christie,” Witherspoon wrote in her Instagram announcement post.
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A Reese's Book Club Pick
“I loved this book. It gave me the same waves of happiness I get from curling up with a classic Christie...The alternating points of view keep you guessing, and guessing wrong.” (Alex Michaelides, number one New York Times best-selling author of The Silent Patient)
"Evok[es] the great Agatha Christie classics.... Pay close attention to seemingly throwaway details about the characters’ pasts. They are all clues.” (New York Times Book Review)
A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie from the New York Times best-selling author of The Hunting Party.
The bride – The plus one – The best man – The wedding planner – The bridesmaid – The body
On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed.
But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The bride’s oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast.
And then someone turns up dead. Who didn’t wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why?
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Reviews
It took a hot minute to get into, but im glad I kept going!
I am not a huge fan of the jumping back and forth between character perspectives and timing of events. That was difficult. Had she just picked one (either character perspective or timing of events) I think it would have been a bit easier to keep up with events and who did what when!
Overall, good book. I recommend!
I am not a huge fan of the jumping back and forth between character perspectives and timing of events. That was difficult. Had she just picked one (either character perspective or timing of events) I think it would have been a bit easier to keep up with events and who did what when!
Overall, good book. I recommend!
What a great story, I missed two of the last twists until it came out. I definitely recommend this book!
Great story with lots of twists and turns. Enjoyed this book.
Very enjoyable ‘listen to’. Couldn’t stop listening. Keep you guessing to the end
Too much beating around the bush. Yes there are interesting things that do occur but for me I would have liked a more interesting story. Not worth the wait until the end. I didn’t feel satisfied.
Good try though.
Good try though.
Good premise for a story but clumsy writing and poorly executed. Started off pretty good but at some point became tediously bogged down and boring. May be better in print, not too sure. This is supposed to be a “Best Seller” but, gee, I don’t know! I have also listened to The Hunting Party on SCRIBD which I thought to be quite mediocre as well.
SCRIBD serves a very good purpose (one of many!!) of allowing me to listen to books I think I may like without buying them first. I’m glad I didn’t spend good money on this one!! On the other hand, I listen to many good books on SCRIBD, and these will go onto my “wish list” for when I see them on sale. Having a chance to listen first on SCRIBD I then know exactly what I am buying and can do so with confidence! ☺️
SCRIBD serves a very good purpose (one of many!!) of allowing me to listen to books I think I may like without buying them first. I’m glad I didn’t spend good money on this one!! On the other hand, I listen to many good books on SCRIBD, and these will go onto my “wish list” for when I see them on sale. Having a chance to listen first on SCRIBD I then know exactly what I am buying and can do so with confidence! ☺️
Loved the atmosphere of the storm and waves crashing on the rocks below the cliffs along with other similar, gothic moments.
Loved the alternate perspectives and first person chapters that lead up to a surprising ending!
The story was great! Really enjoyed it and had me gasping throughout. This is the first book I finish as an audiobook and I’m glad I did!
Suspenseful and entertaining. Great characters and plot twists. I enjoyed it a lot.
I really loved this book! With as many characters as there is, I’m so glad they had different actors narrate for them. Super creative and something completely new which is what I was looking for! It kind of feels like an Irish Agatha Christie novel.
The last quarter part of the book was really good! But it was difficult to get there
Excellent character and plot development. Couldn’t stop listening and weaving together all the little details to form my idea of who the murderer was. Thoroughly enjoyable from beginning to end.
This was well done and it came together full circle in the end. I wasn’t expecting that I’d get through it so quickly! I totally see this being picked up as a Netflix series.....eventually.
This was great... I actually figured it out ... it was a made guess and only a few chapters before the reveal. Good plot.
Great ending! Keeps you guessing. The readers made it authentic. .
Great narration. Great twists and turns. Very satisfying at the end!
Could not put it down, such a good book and even better the audio with full cast!
This is my second Lucy Foley book. The first one I read was The Hunting Party, which I did enjoy. But, I liked this one, The Guest List, a bit more...well, a lot more, actually.
The Guest List is a solid thriller. There were also some spooky parts which I really enjoyed and appreciated.
Told in several POV, we are weaved through a tangled web of lies, betrayal, vengeance, and all kinds of deliciously deceitful things. The mystery of “who done it”...and thinking you know who done it, but then “PLOT TWIST”!!
I’m always pleased when I’m wrong about “who done it” and I was definitely wrong about this one.
The Guest List has all the things that make up a great thriller.
The Guest List is a solid thriller. There were also some spooky parts which I really enjoyed and appreciated.
Told in several POV, we are weaved through a tangled web of lies, betrayal, vengeance, and all kinds of deliciously deceitful things. The mystery of “who done it”...and thinking you know who done it, but then “PLOT TWIST”!!
I’m always pleased when I’m wrong about “who done it” and I was definitely wrong about this one.
The Guest List has all the things that make up a great thriller.
I LOVED IT! It was amazing. I was really not expecting the end! The last four chapters are all about answering the questions you had all through the book and it’s shocking and at the same time you feel bad for some characters and I love how you learn about all of them — at least those who matters to the story line. In any way, this book is truly amazing and the ending is what I call a true ending! Loved it and would 100% recommend it!
The narration change to the perspectives of the various wedding guests made the mystery engaging and more suspenseful than typical mystery stories. I recommend reading this one!
WOW!! The ending to this tightly woven plot is unexpected. I rarely say it about books because too often directors fall short. But this is one suspenseful story I think would be excellent movie.
Loved this book!!! Could not stop listening to it .
Wonderful writing. Excellent characters. Intriguing backstory. I was swept away. I love an audiobook with multiple narrators and Irish or English accents, so this book was an easy choice for me. Lucy Foley builds the perfect balance of mystery and reveal to make the chapters irresistible. I took away one star because for me the ending didn't live up to the start. Certain characters and parts of the story proved unnecessary and some plotlines were just dropped. I still recommend it for the overall experience.