Reviews tagging 'Outing'

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

22 reviews

leebeeloves's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death, Outing, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Infidelity, Alcohol, Stalking, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

enchantressreads's review against another edition

adventurous 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

Minor: Infertility, Outing, Homophobia, War, and Child death

blewballoon'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

3.0

There's a lot of stuff here that normally makes it hard for me to get through a book. Check the content warnings. Many of the characters are unlikable and make terrible decisions. Despite all that, I actually enjoyed reading this. I found myself mostly focused on figuring out who had been killed and who had killed them, so I was reading the chapters hunting for clues, not necessarily for immersion in the story, and that helped keep me from being too affected by the heavier stuff mentioned in the content warnings. The alternating perspectives helped keep me from getting too frustrated with the more unpleasant characters. I figured out the victim and killer a bit sooner than they were revealed, so that was satisfying as well. Good atmosphere and tension building, thematically appropriate for cold weather. I was worried I'd regret picking this up when it was on sale at my local bookstore, but no regrets at all actually.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Classism, Sexual content, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Stalking

Minor: Outing and Pregnancy

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Death, Infidelity, Animal death, Drug use, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: War, Blood, Gun violence, Outing, Infertility, Murder, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Gaslighting, Bullying, Outing, Vomit, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

kshertz's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I love mysterious book thrillers and this did not disappoint. A group of old friends in the middle of nowhere and all their dark secrets come out. You have to find out who was murdered and who is the killer. The pacing is fantastic and I happily kept reading late into the night to find out the answers as soon as possible. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Outing, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Stalking

uranaishi's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Murder, Sexual content, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Classism, Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Blood, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Outing

Minor: Addiction, Racial slurs, and Sexism

harleysmiller's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

I really liked Lucy Foley’s The Guest List and I really liked The Hunting Party as well! It was a nice quick read that kept me trying to figure out the ending for a while. I would change my mind about the ending a lot which really kept me engaged with the book. Nothing life changing, just a solid entertaining book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Animal death, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: War, Stalking, Pregnancy, Outing, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction

wildlifelane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Infidelity, Murder, Bullying, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, Stalking, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Outing, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, Animal death, Murder, Infidelity, Stalking, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Drug use, Infertility, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Gun violence

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Outing, and Self harm

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