Author: Lucy Foley
# of Pages: 9 hours, 53 minutes (audiobook)
Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Synopsis: On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding fit for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed. But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The bride’s oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast. And then someone turns up dead. Who didn’t wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why?
Review: I would recommend reading this book rather than listening to it.
There is first person POV switching, which I already don't like when I'm reading a book. It's even more confusing when listening to the audiobook, especially if you are listening to it sped up because it's harder to distinguish the voice actors.
The big reveals of some of the mysteries in the plot were revealed very undramatically, which was a bit of a let down for a mystery book. One of the biggest appeals of mystery for me is the shock of the big reveals, and this one fell short.
I also was expecting this book to be faster paced and gripping, but the whole mystery only takes place over the course of one wedding, which made progress feel really slow.
Overall, an okay book, but I don't think I will be recommending it to anyone anytime soon. I would have preferred to spend my time reading something else.
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