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A review by lunabean
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
4.0
A very enjoyable read overall. I’ve always liked reading Foley’s books because of how easy they are to read. A page-turner, prose written so fluently I can always follow paragraph after paragraph as if I’m there and the images are flowing freely.
It was a tiny bit confusing in the beginning with a whole bunch of characters and all their names. Although I got the hang of it as I went on, I think some characters were pretty unnecessary - Nick and Bo, Samira and Giles, Priya… I also think naming of background characters wasn’t necessary - Alec, Jamie - they could have just been referred to by their connection to the main characters.
The ending also felt a little forced, giving Emma up as the reason for every strange thing that has happened to Miranda. Emma’s reaction to Miranda’s words at the bridge also felt exaggerated, seeing how it wasn’t the first time Miranda had been cruel to her. Why react now?
I did enjoy making guesses at who could’ve been the murderer, I think Foley did a good job creating the characters to have motives to kill. If you’re looking for a fun, thrilling, murder mystery, this is the book. And I have to say again, I don’t know how Foley does it but her words are so easy to read! (A good thing!!!)
It was a tiny bit confusing in the beginning with a whole bunch of characters and all their names. Although I got the hang of it as I went on, I think some characters were pretty unnecessary - Nick and Bo, Samira and Giles, Priya… I also think naming of background characters wasn’t necessary - Alec, Jamie - they could have just been referred to by their connection to the main characters.
The ending also felt a little forced, giving Emma up as the reason for every strange thing that has happened to Miranda. Emma’s reaction to Miranda’s words at the bridge also felt exaggerated, seeing how it wasn’t the first time Miranda had been cruel to her. Why react now?
I did enjoy making guesses at who could’ve been the murderer, I think Foley did a good job creating the characters to have motives to kill. If you’re looking for a fun, thrilling, murder mystery, this is the book. And I have to say again, I don’t know how Foley does it but her words are so easy to read! (A good thing!!!)