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I can't resolve this empty story
I can't repair
The damage done
I'm lost in these memories
Living behind my own illusion
Lost all my dignity
Living inside my own confusion
I try to keep this pain inside
But I will never be alright
This book is super messed up, in the best way possible. This book is about a group that has spent every New Year’s Eve together since college. Now, they are in their 30s, and they want to keep this friendship alive, though a lot has changed. This year, the “new girl” to the group, Emma, was in charge of planning everything, and she chose to party in the wilderness of Scotland. There’s fabulous Miranda with her equally as-fabulous husband Julien, new parents Samira and Giles with their baby, Emma’s weird but “totally harmless” boyfriend Mark, posh Nick and his American boyfriend Bo, and lawyer Kate. Heather and Doug, two basically strangers, run the lodge that this fancy group was supposed to get all to themselves. Of course, a creepy Icelandic couple just has to ruin the moment. But everything will be fine, right...? Until someone ends up dead. With little-to-no reception, a horrendous snowstorm, and a serial killer on the loose, the cops are too busy/aren’t able to make it up to investigate. Will the killer ever be caught? And well do you truly know someone you only see once a year now?
I love the way Lucy Foley builds up to everything. Every time you THINK you know the ending, she comes in with a plot twist. I also love how she lets basically every character be the narrator at one point, so you can truly see inside the character’s mind.
To add to the spookiness, I read this book while staying at a cabin in the woods with my own friends 👻 But alas, this was yet another thriller book that left me.. less than thrilled
Perhaps it was just a bit too similar to the Guest List. None of the twists really surprised me, but not in a "ooh i feel clever" way so much as a "okay i already know what's going on can we jump ahead now" kinda way. And I wasn't really rooting for any of the characters, so the stakes never felt that high for me.
i'm watching "The Hunting Party" and I knew it, I frigging knew it that Jack wants oh so desperately to break bad! Twice in the episode authority figures (his father and Tom) tell him NOT to cross THAT line and Jack wants to cross it SO BADLY.
And he doesn't cross it (or he gets really REALLY close to it or tries to cross it but fails) and he STILL gets punished!