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Excerpt from The Guest List
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I am currently reading The Guest List by Lucy Foley. First off, it is praised repeatedly as being reminiscent of Agatha Christie. It is like Agatha Christie insofar as it is a murder mystery with a closed cast of suspects. The characters all have shameful secrets and, I assume later in the book, will turn out to have more connections than the reader is initially told.
But the language and descriptions are much more graphic than Dame Agatha. I would not recommend it to someone who is looking for a Miss Marple or Inspector Poirot. There are a lot of grammatical constructs that are ambiguous, awkward, or confusing. It is told from multiple points of view and timelines, which you’ll never find in an Agatha Christie. I’m two thirds of the way through, and the murder has not yet taken place or been discovered/described.
You don’t get this. This isn’t your moment. You didn’t create it. I created it in spite of you.
The bride — The plus one — The best man — The wedding planner — The bridesmaid — The body
On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom…
