What did you think about reading all those different perspectives? Which character were you most engaged with? Which one the least?

It also jumps back and forth between the present and the events leading up to the murder. We read the perspectives of Aoife, Hannah, Jules, Johnno, Olivia and a little with Will.When you read a murder mystery, do you try to solve the mystery as you read the story?.Who didn’t wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why? Book club questions for The Guest List The bride’s oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast.Īnd then someone turns up dead. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. 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.īut perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. It’s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The bride – The plus one – The best man – The wedding planner – The bridesmaid – The body But I’m glad she also added I’m Still Here, which you all should definitely read if you haven’t yet! I also wrote book club questions for it as well. It seemed that The Guest List was the initial pick as bookstores across the country added the Reese Book Club logo to it prior to June.

Reese Witherspoon picked The Guest List and I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown for her June book club picks.

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