Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

8 reviews

lexithelion's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Out of Lucy Foley's 3 murder mysteries, this is definitely my least favourite. However, that is not to say that this is a bad book, because it's not. This book is a great first mystery that combines the difficult inter-workings of friendships and an establishing plot-line that puts all the characters in an abstract and very solitary situation. The book does not drag and the story is incredibly easy to follow; props to Lucy Foley for being able to write a 0% confusing mystery novel that jumps back-and-forth in time and also utilizes multi-perspective chapters. I will say that this book seemed quite fast and the ending was incredibly abrupt which is a pattern I've noticed in Foley's literature. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal death, Death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Gore

Minor: Grief, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Medical content

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

heather_harrison's review

mysterious fast-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

Another isolated mystery from Foley, although a lot of similarities with The Guest List. 

* A unlikeable and over privileged group of friends in an isolated location (this time an exclusive Scottish highlands lodge for NYE), cut off by the weather 
* skeletons in the closet and secrets in the group 
* multiple POVs (some more unlikeable than others) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Stalking, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Infertility, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

kiwichill's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Stalking, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Bullying, Sexual assault, Classism, Addiction, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Trafficking, Vomit, War, and Sexual harassment

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

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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

2.5

Fun ride, disappointing ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Medical content, Outing, and Suicidal thoughts

rotatinglibrary's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book is really about the pain of outgrowing friends. I really didn't like how the narration broke the 4th wall- what was the point of speaking directly to the reader? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Addiction, Vomit, Violence, Stalking, Sexual content, Mental illness, Medical content, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Infertility, Child death, and Confinement

PTSD, humiliation, war,

carrie_reads_books's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Medical content, Infertility, Homophobia, and Drug abuse