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2023 Build Your Library Reading Challenge







Friday, October 16, 2020
The New Agatha Christie? I Don't Think So!
7:00 AM
(Image from Barnes & Noble)
"Everything seems charged on this island. It's as though this place is doing it, that we've been brought here for a reason" (288).
Will Slater and Julie Keegan are both gorgeous, ambitious, and powerful. Their wedding, even though it's taking place at a remote island off the Irish coast with only a very select group of guests, will be the event of the season. As the couple's nearest and dearest gather, however, tension continues to mount between the happy couple, the island's only residents, and the wedding guests. When it reaches a fever pitch, one person is left dead. Who hated the victim enough to kill them? And why? Stuck in an isolated place with no way to communicate with the outside world, those on the island must figure out which one of them is a murderer—before the killer strikes again.
With its And Then There Were None-ish premise, it's no wonder that The Guest List by Lucy Foley is being compared to Agatha Christie's classic. The similarities, however, stop at the book's setup. While Foley's version features a creepy, atmospheric setting, which creates a deliciously suspenseful backdrop, the story itself moves so slowly that the novel never reaches an "unputdownable" stage. There were a few surprises in the plot but not enough to make the story feel clever or original. In addition, the characters are almost wholly unlikable—most are immature, entitled snobs who have done terrible things to each other, which made it difficult for me to care what happened to them. Not surprisingly, then, The Guest List made for a dark, depressing, and not super satisfying read. I'd heard such good things about this book that I thought I would love it. Unfortunately, I just ... didn't. Bummer.
(Readalikes: Reminds me of One By One by Ruth Ware)
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