Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

68 reviews

suchallie's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Great winter read. I wanted more from the ending - some of the writing in the last few chapters felt lazy but otherwise well done. Lucy Foley manages to keep the surprises well hidden for the most part but some things I did see coming. I read The Guest List first and it has many similarities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, Alcohol, Animal death, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Fatphobia, Blood, Classism, Bullying, Pregnancy, Body shaming, and Infertility

Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, War, and Suicidal thoughts

texashippie's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Death, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Murder, Stalking, Alcohol, Blood, Animal death, Classism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

whirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Outing, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Bullying

Minor: Infertility, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Pregnancy, War, and Fire/Fire injury

charlottepaige's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Fantastic plot structure, an incredibly intricate way of revealing information, but none of the characters were particularly likeable, and I didn’t love the depiction of mental illness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Animal death, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Addiction

ariiogm56's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Stalking, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

undertherowantree's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I feel like there were too many characters, so you didn't develop enough attachment to them and many of them didn't really have a role in the plot. I also felt like the back and forward between the end and beginning gave too much away too early and affected the pacing. It didn't really build-up in the same way other thrillers do and the ending felt rushed and by that point, predictable, as it had been hinted at since page 1. I loved the setting and found the writing addictive though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Outing, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Classism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Self harm

Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, and Abandonment

kimveach's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

It's a good thriller - especially on audio.  The different British accents brought life to these characters that I would have missed reading in print.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Self harm, Cursing, Drug use, Alcohol, Classism, Infertility, Mental illness, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Murder, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

kateea7536's review

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

The book was very very slow to get going, I felt like it could have been very much shorter. Again, some great descriptions from this author but this time there was just too many characters and not enough happening. I wasn’t drawn to liking or rooting for any of them and just felt everything was quite surface level - I wasn’t at all invested in the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Violence, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Death, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Physical abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Bullying, War, and Emotional abuse

marenm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

most adult thrillers tend to be the same to me. a group of adults who all have secrets, a mysterious location, and a short time frame for the book. and yet, so little tends to happen until the very end of the book that it makes it very hard to get through. while the reveal was pretty fun

emma being the big villian and getting to hear her sick thoughts through all of it is quite enjoyable, pretty much the only part of the book i felt super engaged in rather than just listening to

. in all i definitely think there are better thrillers that kept me more engaged, but i can’t bring myself to give this any less than a 3 bc i don’t think it deserves that :/ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, and Body shaming

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Infidelity

Minor: Gun violence and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

abigailc0x's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this was very very good and i didn’t even expect any of the plot twists of which there were quite a few.
i’m glad i wasn’t able to work it out till the end maybe that’s me being a bit slow but was more exciting this way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Gun violence, Infertility, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death, Drug use, and Infidelity