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Lädt ... The Guest List: A Novel (Original 2020; 2020. Auflage)von Lucy Foley (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I struggled with this one and nearly didn't finish reading it. Ultimately I did, and I'm glad I did as it was an interesting conversion of stories in the end. I enjoyed getting the story from four different characters' points of view. I just didn't love the writing or the telling of the story. ( ) I could not put this book down, I started it on my lunch break and read all the way home and didn’t eat until it was finished. I was floored by how little I predicted and how many surprises there were at the end. I was expected one, and they just kept coming. Some of the “stags” or groomsmen blurred together a bit, but the rest of the characters were unique and easy to keep track of. Each chapter is from a different person’s perspective, and it was nice to have their names at the beginning of each one to keep them straight. This book started out on more of a gentle pace, but then it’s a riot right till the end. Would fit The 52 Book Club's 2021 prompts: 1 – Set In A School 19 – Book With A Deckled Edge 23 – An Ending That Surprises You 25 – A Book With Multiple Character POV 29 – Featuring The Environment 32 – A Selfish Character 34 – A Book You’d Rate 5 Stars 41 – An Endorsement By A Famous Author On The Cover There's a saying I've heard several times, "Sometimes a person just needs killing." That sums this book up quite well. I wasn't sure I was going to like this book because each chapter features a change of perspective. It took me a little while to get into the swing of it, but I'm glad I stayed with it. Reading it was like watching all the trains converging into a massive wreck at the station. This isn't a typical murder mystery where you start with the murder. This starts with everyone's connections and builds so that you see how many people have serious issues with the victim. There's no question of why the murder took place, but rather why it took so long for someone to kill the victim. A word of warning, I didn't like any of the characters in this story. I felt sympathy for a couple, but I didn't like them. I did, however, want to know how their story played out and that is good writing. I almost was tempted not to finish the book because it was too milinial. But the further I got into the story, it drew me in and kept me guessing to the very end. A bit creepy, but quite good.Goodreads: The bride The plus one The best man The wedding planner The bridesmaid The bodyOn an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It?s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed.But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The bride?s oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast.And then someone turns up dead. Who didn?t wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why?
Foley...outdoes herself again with this page-turning thriller; it's like experiencing Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None rolled into one ... The island and the ancient folly where the wedding party stays are themselves characters, adding to the feeling of almost supernatural mystery and the unease that something is lurking in the shadows and getting ready to strike ... Only a handful of thriller writers can accomplish what Foley does here: weave a complex plot from the perspectives of eight characters plus an omniscient narrator without causing confusion or reader exhaustion when the plot bounces from one person to the next. Fans of Christie, Louise Penny, and Ruth Rendell will absolutely love this book, which doesn't reveal its secrets until the very last page. Foley defers disclosing the murder victim’s identity until quite late, but she undercuts the suspense with obvious indications of who it is. The tension of the setup isn’t quite matched by the reveals, though the nicely creepy setting compensates somewhat. Readers seeking thrills will find plenty. Ist enthalten inAuszeichnungenPrestigeträchtige AuswahlenBemerkenswerte Listen
On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It's a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed. But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The bride's oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast. And then someone turns up dead. Who didn't wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why? Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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