The Guest List by Lucy Foley - Restarting January 2nd 2021

[— Massiel]

Set on a remote island off the Irish coast, this is one guest list no one would want to be on, just as no one would have wanted an invitation to the New Year's Eve party in Foley's previous novel, The Hunting Party . Lives unravel amid the revelry on an eerie and remote island as family and friends assemble for a glam wedding in an updated Murder on the Orient Express. Each of the principal characters has a reason to want one of their number dead, there are old secrets, and one of them is murdered.

[Josephine]

I may start this tonight, if I finish the book I’m reading 🤞. Super excited that its similar tho murder on the orient express, and that it has multiple POVs (i love it when books have more than one voice) :))

[Akshita]

How many chapters is everyone reading each day? Or is it at our own pace?

[Josephine]

Oo good question. The chapter are approximately 10 mins long (according to my kindle app) so maybe 4-6 chapters a day? How does that sound?

[Akshita]

Josie wrote: "Oo good question. The chapter are approximately 10 mins long (according to my kindle app) so maybe 4-6 chapters a day? How does that sound?"

Yup..That sounds good to me!

[Josephine]

Akshita wrote: "Josie wrote: "Oo good question. The chapter are approximately 10 mins long (according to my kindle app) so maybe 4-6 chapters a day? How does that sound?"

Yup..That sounds good to me!"

👍

[— Massiel]

I will read at my on pace if you don't mind, happy reading 💖!

[Jazzy]

Starting this right now. Will be reading at my own pace as well. 😊

[Josephine]

Jazzy and Massiel - Of course that’s fine!

[Emma☀️]

I'll be reading at my own pace too! Classes have been busy lately haha

[Ta || bookishbluehead]

I'm starting now and I'll be reading at my own pace, too. :)

[— Massiel]

omfg so many buddy reads in this thread, welcome all and happy reading 💖✨

[Akshita]

— Massiel wrote: "omfg so many buddy reads in this thread, welcome all and happy reading 💖✨"

Yay!! It's gonna be lots of fun.. especially coz' it's a mystery. I am excited to read everyone's theories!! :D

[— Massiel]

@Askhita: Me too! It's the best while reading mystery 😍

[— Massiel]

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(view spoiler)[ At the beginning I was getting a little confused with the characters names but now I get it. It seems the mystery will happen after the wedding. (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

Starting now.. :)

[Josephine]

Akshita wrote: "— Massiel wrote: "omfg so many buddy reads in this thread, welcome all and happy reading 💖✨"

Yay!! It's gonna be lots of fun.. especially coz' it's a mystery. I am excited to read everyone's theor..."

And me!! I can’t wait!!

[Emma☀️]

18% (view spoiler)[I like how the book is slowly introducing all the suspects ahem I mean... characters... I'm already trying to pick out any foreshadowing based on my knowledge of mystery novels haha. I wonder who got murdered. Can't wait to read more! (hide spoiler)]

[Emma☀️]

— Massiel wrote: "16%
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(view spoiler)[Yeah, it seems like it. I was hoping to get right into the murder and investigation. I don't mind the flashbacks though (hide spoiler)]

[Jazzy]

Up to 12%
(view spoiler)[ Ohhhh! I feel like this all has to do with Will! He’s hiding something. LOL. His best friend knows something? Charlie thinks there is something off about him? Even his wife received a note saying to not marry him? Yeah. Sounds suspicious to me. 😂 (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

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(view spoiler)[
So that's gonna be a lot of POVs. Surprising that we haven't got one for Will. He sounds quite messed up so far. (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

Emma☀️ wrote: "— Massiel wrote: "16%
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Yeah..I just hope they don't strech it for too long. I am already waiting for things to happen. (hide spoiler)]

[— Massiel]

Emma☀️ wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I have no damn idea who got murder and I'm 48% with the book! Also, I was getting a little confused but now I'm all in this book! (hide spoiler)]

[— Massiel]

Jazzy wrote: "Up to 12%
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(view spoiler)[I think everyone is hiding something I trust one 😂 (hide spoiler)]

[— Massiel]

Akshita wrote: "16%

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(view spoiler)[Same! I was expecting a POV from Will but I kinda like is keeping me guessing what is thinking everyone. (hide spoiler)]

[— Massiel]

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(view spoiler)[It's been a long time since I read a mystery book with differents POVs so everything appear to be evolving around the old school everyone went, Trevellyans I think is the name. What really happened there? Will and Johnno have this vibe like something bad happened, also everyone was talking except Olivia, I want to know what happened to her and no one notices her at all. Also, WHO THE HECK DIED? (hide spoiler)]

[Josephine]

— Massiel wrote: "Akshita wrote: "16%

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15% (view spoiler)[ if it’s anything like Murder on the Orient Express, we don’t get a POV of the victim, so I’m assuming it’s him that’s murdered. (hide spoiler)]

[Josephine]

Emma☀️ wrote: "18% [spoilers removed]"

There’s so much foreshadowing! I’m highlighting every bit and so far if got 9 moments and I’m only 15% in!

[Akshita]

josie wrote: "— Massiel wrote: "Akshita wrote: "16%

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(view spoiler)[
Yeah..That is my guess too..that Will is the one going to get murdered. (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

josie wrote: "Emma☀️ wrote: "18% [spoilers removed]"

There’s so much foreshadowing! I’m highlighting every bit and so far if got 9 moments and I’m only 15% in!"

I just read all your highlights.. And yeah, they are quite interesting.

I, myself, totally missed them. I haven't read many mysteries..so I don't much have much experience. But I will be careful not to miss these little hints here and there.

[Josephine]

Akshita wrote: "josie wrote:
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Yeah..That is my guess too..that Will is the one going to get murdered."

(view spoiler)[ Although we don’t get a perspective from Charlie either and he seems like he hiding a lot. Although maybe that just gives Hannah a motive, and she has a POV... (hide spoiler)]

[Josephine]

Akshita wrote: "josie wrote: "Emma☀️ wrote: "18% [spoilers removed]"

There’s so much foreshadowing! I’m highlighting every bit and so far if got 9 moments and I’m only 15% in!"

I just read all your highlights.. ..."

I think I’m a bit too cynical! If it wasn’t a mystery I would probably miss them too!

[Emma☀️]

josie wrote: "Akshita wrote: "josie wrote:
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Yeah..That is my guess too..that Will is the one going to get murdered."

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I think so too! (view spoiler)[It's been hinted so many times that Hannah might be jealous of Charlie and Jules's relationship. There is definitely something weird going on. And that gives Hannah a motive. All the characters have secrets and they might be unreliable narrators too (hide spoiler)]

[— Massiel]

@All (lmfao): (view spoiler)[I don't think Hannah is the killer, yes, she is jealous of Jules and Charlie's friendship but she is so naive in some points I don't think she is the killer or if someone was killed (I'm 45% done with the book and so far there hasn't been a word about murder). I think is an outside character neither Hannah, Olivia or Jules are the murderers if someone was killed. (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

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I agree. Hannah seems too sensitive to do something like a murder.
I just hope it is not an outsider. That is such cliché. It really bugs me when they reveal the real killer and he turns out to be someone completely different from the original suspects. I would hate it if it is someone walking out of the crowd. (hide spoiler)]

[Jazzy]

Up to 25% (view spoiler)[Okay... really, Charlie? I would’ve torn my husband a new asshole if he ever flirted with his supposed best friend in front of me & I Don’t know how I would’ve reacted if those friends Of Will’s kept laughing at my expense... that gargoyle looking thing in the window though!! 😂 I would’ve done more than drop my glass! LOL. <\spoiler> (hide spoiler)]

[Jazzy]

— Massiel wrote: "Jazzy wrote: "Up to 12%
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(view spoiler)[ Now that I’m reading more, I can see everyone hiding something suspicious. 😂 (hide spoiler)]

[— Massiel]

@Akshita: (view spoiler)[I think is an outsider because none of the character seems capable of murderer except Johnno maybe but he seems so trouble. (hide spoiler)]

[— Massiel]

Jazzy wrote: "Up to 25% [spoilers removed]"

Charlie is an asshole. Period.

[Emma☀️]

33% (view spoiler)[I kinda want to know who got murdered. It's taking a while haha. So far all the characters are connected to each other besides Aoife. She's the outlier. I've noticed she's sometimes in the background in everyone's POV. Maybe she knows something or sees something we don't. There's not a lot of her POV but I quite like her. Not gonna rule her out as the suspect though haha.
I'm also quite suspicious about the stag party. What happened there? The men must have done something wild for Charlie to get so scared (hide spoiler)]

[Emma☀️]

— Massiel wrote: "Jazzy wrote: "Up to 25% [spoilers removed]"

Charlie is an asshole. Period."

True that

[Emma☀️]

— Massiel wrote: "@All (lmfao): [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I think so too lmao. Hannah has motive but she's too detached from reality. I have a feeling that she might be the one to accidentally stumble upon something sinister happening and get blackmailed into keeping quiet lmao. Honestly, it would suck if the killer was an outside character. That kinda defeats the purpose of all the POVs. But I'm holding onto that idea! It's possible! Maybe the killer is Freddy, Aoife's husband. That's just a weak guess lol (hide spoiler)]

[— Massiel]

Emma☀️ wrote: "33% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Totally agree with Aoife, I think she will notice something forward. I was curious of Charlie's attitude towards all of them, he doesn't seems normal but neither suspicious. (hide spoiler)]

[— Massiel]

Emma☀️ wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[That is not a bad theory at all! I didn't think about it but about Freddy, I don't think so... Aoife said he is a coward so I doubt he is related to anything at all also he seems more focused in the cooking than anything else 😂. (hide spoiler)]

[Emma☀️]

— Massiel wrote: "Emma☀️ wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

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Haha true😂

[Josephine]

— Massiel wrote: "Emma☀️ wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

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Haha yeah (view spoiler)[ I don’t think it’ll be an outsider, that’s the worst type of mystery! (It’s not even a mystery). I think it has to be someone we’ve been introduced too. It could be Charlie, because he seems to be a bit different to the other men, and he seems as if he’s trying to fit in. But he seems too stupid lol (hide spoiler)]

[— Massiel]

josie wrote: "Haha yeah [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I haven't read in a long time a mystery where the killer or suspect is an outsider so I'm fine with either way I just want this to end good and I'm liking it so far. About Charlie like I said to Emma I'm really curious about him because his attitude towards all of them doesn't seems normal but neither suspicious so I wanna know what he deals is. (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

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Everyone seems so messed up! I am hating Charlie to the core. How can he..? And Jules too. I mean, seriously girl, you are getting married tomorrow.
Olivia surely has had a dark experience in the past. She's sure is starving (and self-harming) herself and always seems so lost in her own thoughts. And she smiled at the thought of Jules' wedding getting ruined..?
We are getting these short chapters in the present (after the murder). But they are too hazy to actually figure out what has actually happened.. (hide spoiler)]

[Josephine]

Akshita wrote: "28%

Everyone seems so messed up! I am hating Charlie to the core. How can he..? And Jules too. I mean, seriously girl, you are getting married tomorrow.
Olivia surely has had a dark experience in ..."

Yeah I agree. (view spoiler)[ Maybe it’s Olivia. It says in the beginning that she’s always disappearing. And she doesn’t seem to contribute to the conversations, so maybe they wouldn’t realise if she was gone so she could get away with doing stuff. Or maybe it’s the dads (ronan) wife? Honestly I have no idea! (hide spoiler)]

[Josephine]

— Massiel wrote: "josie wrote: "Haha yeah [spoilers removed]"

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Hmm (view spoiler)[ true, but a proper mystery should always introduce all the suspects at the beginning, so that the reader can play along :) (hide spoiler)]