Lucy Foley: Hunting Party (2019, HarperCollins Publishers)
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2019 by HarperCollins Publishers.
In a remote hunting lodge, deep in the Scottish wilderness, old friends gather for New Year; The beautiful one, The golden couple, The volatile one, The new parents, The quiet one, The city boy, The outsider, The victim... Not an accident, A MURDER among friends.
An enjoyable murder mystery, a very similar formula as her other book I've read The Guest List, but I do like the setup jumping back and forth and not knowing who was murdered nor the murderer. It is a great mechanic to keep you guessing.
Rating of the story: 2 Rating of the audiobook :4 So 3 stars it shall be!
Yay another book where I find the MCs insufferable. The whole group consisted of frenemies. Which is fine, but it was very easy to pick up on from the get go.
I did figure out who did it early on, but that doesn't bother me. There were so many red herrings thrown into the book that it made it cumbersome to get through.
The audiobook was great, though. The voice actors they used did a great job, and it was extremely helpful to have a different actor for each character due to the amount of POVs.
I didn't really like how the POVs were handled though. You have more people in the group that do not have a POV and it took out a lot of the mystery for me. I feel like if …
Rating of the story: 2 Rating of the audiobook :4 So 3 stars it shall be!
Yay another book where I find the MCs insufferable. The whole group consisted of frenemies. Which is fine, but it was very easy to pick up on from the get go.
I did figure out who did it early on, but that doesn't bother me. There were so many red herrings thrown into the book that it made it cumbersome to get through.
The audiobook was great, though. The voice actors they used did a great job, and it was extremely helpful to have a different actor for each character due to the amount of POVs.
I didn't really like how the POVs were handled though. You have more people in the group that do not have a POV and it took out a lot of the mystery for me. I feel like if you're going to do 5 POVs, you should just add in the others because you've already lost a few readers because of the amount. Maybe unpopular opinion, but I stand by it.
Overall, if you decide to give this book a go, I highly recommend utilizing the audiobook.
