Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

23 reviews

bornachoker's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

4.5

There's an addictive quality to Lucy Foley's thrillers, and this one was no exception. Somehow I hated the characters while simultaneously feeling sorry for them - especially Miranda. Although I started the book hoping she was the one who died, I ended it wishing that she had had the chance to build a new life for herself. I also appreciated how neatly the various storylines tied together, it made for a really satisfying resolution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Classism, Cursing, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, Violence, and War

Moderate: Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Drug use

Minor: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Drug abuse

riflelizards's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug abuse, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Murder, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Infertility, Death, Classism, and War

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

kaylamoran's review against another edition

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

3.75

So here's the thing.  It was very entertaining, and I sped through it quickly.  But, (and I hesitate to say this for fear I'll sound like an ass), I thought it was very predictable.  For reasons I won't share here because of spoilers, I thought the murderer was pretty obvious fairly early on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Murder, Alcohol, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Addiction, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Outing, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Bullying, and Homophobia

growintogardens'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This is my third book from this author, but this one was a bit disappointing. I figured it out too fast and was hoping I wouldn't be right. Furthermore, this only had like one likeable character, and a few of the points I've mentioned in the content warnings are things I don't like to read about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Infertility, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Homophobia, and Body shaming

shull3464's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

College friends reunite for holiday at a hunting lodge. All goes mostly well until one of them goes missing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Cursing, Infidelity, Bullying, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual content, Violence, Death, and Toxic friendship

jusreadz's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Murder, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Blood, and Stalking

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Classism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Ableism, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Bullying, Homophobia, War, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Pregnancy, Cursing, Blood, Drug use, and Grief

amandalorianxo's review

mysterious slow-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

2.5

This is my third Lucy Foley book and I don't know if we should "break up" up or not. This was slightly better than Paris Apartment and Guest List but the lack of character development for Priya and Giles made me confused. Why include them in the story if we don't really know who they are as people? It should have just been Katie, Miranda, Emma, Julian and Mark. I also thought the pacing was off and didn't flow well. The ending / epilogue didn't make sense to me (logically I don't believe that would have occurred in real life) Heather vaguely reminded me of the same innkeeper / host from Guest List and I couldn't shake my mind from it.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Murder, Stalking, and Drug use

jnichols's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, Violence, and Sexual content

brookey8888's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This was fine. I didn’t find anything shocking, I thought it was all pretty obvious. I know she wrote this before the guest list, but the guest list is basically a copy and pace with a slightly different who done it and why. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War