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The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

12 reviews

rita_mybooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

Gostei muito mais de acompanhar a linha temporal de 2 de janeiro narrada pela Heather porque eu tal como ela estava a tentar perceber quem seria o culpado, no entanto não gostei nada de só ficar a saber qual das hóspedes tinha desaparecido para poder formar teorias mais sólidas de quem era o culpado. 
Cheguei à conclusão de que este grupo de amigos é, em geral, completamente louco. E as minhas personagens favoritas foram a Heather e o Doug. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Murder, Mental illness, Self harm, and Gaslighting

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Drug use

rmperash's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Infidelity, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Gore, Medical content, Pregnancy, Violence, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Death, Gun violence, and Infertility

Moderate: War

Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, Self harm, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Body shaming

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

writer_egreene's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Drug use, Murder, Blood, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Gore, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Self harm

hauntedboi's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping, War, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Infertility

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Self harm, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Outing, Grief, Sexism, Ableism, and Classism

erkane's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

I really enjoy Lucy Foley’s novels! They are creepy and I never know who the killer is throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Self harm, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use and Violence

Minor: Vomit

lina_petrina's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm and Eating disorder

writtenontheflyleaves's review

dark reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

 The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley 🦌 [copied from insta]
🌟🌟🌟✨

🦌 The plot: A group of friends who met at Oxford University many years ago goes to a remote Scottish loch to celebrate New Year. On the surface, it's all fun and games, but in less than 24 hours, one of them will be dead, and as the authorities struggle to get there through the snow, one thing becomes certain: the murderer is still among them.

I don't read a lot of thrillers, but this was lent to me by a friend and proved to be an accidentally festive read as I read it over New Year!

The story is narrated from multiple perspectives across five characters: three of the friends who visit the loch, and two of the people who work there. (Interestingly, they're all told in first-person apart from the one male narrator - there's probably an essay on female subjectivity in there somewhere)

You don't find out who the murderer or their victim are until right at the end, and while in another book this might have annoyed me, here I thought it worked to keep me suspicious of everybody, especially in conjunction with Foley's characterisation.

While some books I've read make rich characters into caricatures, usually with some version of "I'm better than you, peasant" popping up in the dialogue to show that Yes, They're Bad, I thought this one did a good job of showing the different shades of ugliness and entitlement that are possible in characters like these. This heightened the drama because really, any of these people might have been capable of hurting each other - not because they were supervillains, but because they were spoilt or vain or desperate or all three.

I didn't see the murderer's identity coming until the last moment and they turned out to be such an interesting villain, too - I was really impressed! My only gripe is that after a really carefully-paced and -written main arc, the story wrapped up in a rush. It didn't seem that the emotional fallout from the murder was actually that big - [REDACTED]'s murder actually seemed quite convenient for a lot of the group - and I'd have liked there to be more reflection on what was actually lost in the course of the novel.
 
 🦌 Read it if you're not usually that into thrillers (me neither - but I liked this!) And want something atmospheric with a critique of privilege and some really strong group dynamics between characters! 

🚫 Avoid it if you prefer darker or more elaborate crime stories as this isn't that twisty. Also, it goes without saying, check TWs before reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Murder

Moderate: War, Drug use, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

wow, so good. i loved the familiarity of each of the narrators, like they were ranting to me about their histories and issues. it had great pacing and writing and a riveting story, had me guessing at every turn but still provided a dramatic ending. i loved how the lodge employees were treated as entirely human and noteworthy despite being less glamorous than the guests. everyone is a grotesque character and it was fascinating to see them alternate between unraveling spectacularly and finding some kind of redemption.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Child death, Drug use, Gore, Pregnancy, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia