Foley, L: Guest List
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Mit einem anderen Aufbau hätte dieses Buch grandios werden können.
Read this for the Literally Dead BookClub and I gotta say that this is the first book I read with this book club that I really thoroughly enjoyed. It is advertised as a whodunnit mystery, but I'd rather classify it as a classic thriller since the mystery aspect only comes in at the very end IMO. Nevertheless, the thriller aspect of this book was very well done. The characters were well crafted, and the way in which everything was revealed to the reader left me saying O-M-G to myself many times while I listened to the audiobook (my very confused cat who was sitting next to me at these moments can attest to that). The audiobook has a full cast a character, which makes it highly enjoyable. Would totally recommend it!
The Guest List by Lucy Foley is the classic style whodunit guaranteed to satisfy genre fans. Set in a remote Irish island under inclement weather, this novel has a chilly, somewhat macabre vibe that reminded me of classic Scooby Doo. There is murder here of course and the characters are full blown psychopaths or very near. Still, I found this a very comforting read. It's the perfect book to read with milk and cookies on a rainy Sunday afternoon. I found myself literally being a fly on a wall. Lucy got me hooked on the salacious happenings and juicy gossip on the destination wedding party for the rich and privileged. Like all great books of this nature, plenty of people here have strong motives and the circumstances and coincidences can border on obsurd but, who TF cares? It's escapist. It's fun. Wish I could read it again. Maybe I would. Books like this are like crack to me. Can't get enough! More Lucy Foley for me!
The Guest List von Lucy Foley hat eigentlich sehr spannend begonnen. Doch schon nach etwa 20 Prozent wurde mein Lesefluss etwas gestoppt, mein Interesse lies etwas nach. Daher begann ich das Buch nochmal neu als Hörbuch. Dieses Mal konnte mich die Geschichte länger fesseln, doch nach gut der Hälfte merkte ich wieder, dass mein Interesse etwas schwand. Ich denke meine Schwierigkeit mit dem Buch war, dass lange nichts wirklich wichtiges passierte. Man merkte immer mehr, dass verschiedene Figuren Geheimnisse verbargen, verschiedene Figuren Dinge in ihrer Vergangenheit hatten die sie nicht los liessen. Langsam ergab sich daraus immer mehr ein grösseres Bild und langsam wurden einige Geheimnisse aufgedeckt, doch bis das geschah dauerte es lange. Einige der Wendungen konnten mich wirklich überraschen und fand ich sehr gelungen, doch nachdem einige davon aufgedeckt worden waren wurde relativ klar wie all dies zusammenhing bzw. wer die Verbindung dazwischen war. Das Ende ganz zum Schluss war damit irgendwie schon fast ein bisschen enttäuschend, da dann doch alles plötzlich sehr schnell fertig war Insgesamt sicher eine unterhaltsame Geschichte, allerdings braucht man doch etwas Durchhaltevermögen und ich bin etwas unschlüssig ob sich das Ende dafür wirklich lohnt.
I had SUCH a great time with this one! Loved the fast paced writing, the different views and thoughts you encounter because of the different narrators. I totally +1 the "it's a never ending wedding" comment but how can that be a bad thing?! Loved the constant theme of flowers, dresses, drinks, speeches, ... The way the author uses words and phrases is just wonderful, I often re-read sentences/passages and thought "wow, great choice of words". The people all had their ups/downs and even the side characters not mentioned much had a story to them. However it misses 1 star because the ending came rather sudden for me, like it didn't hold the love and energy the rest of the book had..
This book definitely lived up to the hype. I was hooked on the story from the beginning till the end. Never have I loathed a character as much as I did with the antagonist. I also like how succint and brief each chapter is. 5 stars!
*3.5
Beschreibung
Beiträge
Mit einem anderen Aufbau hätte dieses Buch grandios werden können.
Read this for the Literally Dead BookClub and I gotta say that this is the first book I read with this book club that I really thoroughly enjoyed. It is advertised as a whodunnit mystery, but I'd rather classify it as a classic thriller since the mystery aspect only comes in at the very end IMO. Nevertheless, the thriller aspect of this book was very well done. The characters were well crafted, and the way in which everything was revealed to the reader left me saying O-M-G to myself many times while I listened to the audiobook (my very confused cat who was sitting next to me at these moments can attest to that). The audiobook has a full cast a character, which makes it highly enjoyable. Would totally recommend it!
The Guest List by Lucy Foley is the classic style whodunit guaranteed to satisfy genre fans. Set in a remote Irish island under inclement weather, this novel has a chilly, somewhat macabre vibe that reminded me of classic Scooby Doo. There is murder here of course and the characters are full blown psychopaths or very near. Still, I found this a very comforting read. It's the perfect book to read with milk and cookies on a rainy Sunday afternoon. I found myself literally being a fly on a wall. Lucy got me hooked on the salacious happenings and juicy gossip on the destination wedding party for the rich and privileged. Like all great books of this nature, plenty of people here have strong motives and the circumstances and coincidences can border on obsurd but, who TF cares? It's escapist. It's fun. Wish I could read it again. Maybe I would. Books like this are like crack to me. Can't get enough! More Lucy Foley for me!
The Guest List von Lucy Foley hat eigentlich sehr spannend begonnen. Doch schon nach etwa 20 Prozent wurde mein Lesefluss etwas gestoppt, mein Interesse lies etwas nach. Daher begann ich das Buch nochmal neu als Hörbuch. Dieses Mal konnte mich die Geschichte länger fesseln, doch nach gut der Hälfte merkte ich wieder, dass mein Interesse etwas schwand. Ich denke meine Schwierigkeit mit dem Buch war, dass lange nichts wirklich wichtiges passierte. Man merkte immer mehr, dass verschiedene Figuren Geheimnisse verbargen, verschiedene Figuren Dinge in ihrer Vergangenheit hatten die sie nicht los liessen. Langsam ergab sich daraus immer mehr ein grösseres Bild und langsam wurden einige Geheimnisse aufgedeckt, doch bis das geschah dauerte es lange. Einige der Wendungen konnten mich wirklich überraschen und fand ich sehr gelungen, doch nachdem einige davon aufgedeckt worden waren wurde relativ klar wie all dies zusammenhing bzw. wer die Verbindung dazwischen war. Das Ende ganz zum Schluss war damit irgendwie schon fast ein bisschen enttäuschend, da dann doch alles plötzlich sehr schnell fertig war Insgesamt sicher eine unterhaltsame Geschichte, allerdings braucht man doch etwas Durchhaltevermögen und ich bin etwas unschlüssig ob sich das Ende dafür wirklich lohnt.
I had SUCH a great time with this one! Loved the fast paced writing, the different views and thoughts you encounter because of the different narrators. I totally +1 the "it's a never ending wedding" comment but how can that be a bad thing?! Loved the constant theme of flowers, dresses, drinks, speeches, ... The way the author uses words and phrases is just wonderful, I often re-read sentences/passages and thought "wow, great choice of words". The people all had their ups/downs and even the side characters not mentioned much had a story to them. However it misses 1 star because the ending came rather sudden for me, like it didn't hold the love and energy the rest of the book had..
This book definitely lived up to the hype. I was hooked on the story from the beginning till the end. Never have I loathed a character as much as I did with the antagonist. I also like how succint and brief each chapter is. 5 stars!
*3.5