

And yet as Jules, the bride, walks down the aisle, she says all is perfect, better than she had planned, in fact, and of her groom, she says, “It is impossible to believe (he) is anything other than the one I know him to be.” And yet she had received a note warning her not to marry him.

The author paints a fine picture of the characters and their interactions: the bride and groom, the bridesmaids, ushers, the wedding planner, with alternating chapters written in first person. Reese Witherspoon picked The Guest List and I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown for her June book club picks. and when do you know it At what point in the book do you begin to piece together what happened 3. Are they fully developed and emotionally complex Or are they flat, one-dimensional heroes and villains 2. Describe their personalities and motivations.

It’s known as “the island of ghosts.” The island home has been deserted since the '90s, until the wedding planner, Aoife, restores it. Talk about the characters, both good and bad. The reader knows something is afoot, and that something is murder.Īuthor Lucy Foley sets us up nicely with a kind of novelistic tone poem and a macabre sense of foreboding. It should be about celebrating a joyous day, but is instead filled with suspense and gloom on a remote island off the coast of Ireland. Ok so, The Guest List is a murder mystery set in Ireland (which means thats two foreign books in a row Last months book was British). “The Guest List” is a psychological thriller, with the theme being a wedding and the days leading up to it. Weddings are supposed to be glorious, happy days.
