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How to murder your Boss – McMasters Handbuch zum Morden by Rupert Holmes

112 reviews

rh13's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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rizzii's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It was a slow start, but it did get better as it went along. Interesting premise, and I like the alternating focuses of the chapters. I was not much of a fan of the way that the emphasized words were underlined in the narrative instead of being italicized, but I got used to it.

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dmcalex's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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eglouise's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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elxla's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Overall enjoyable! Definitely requires some suspension of reality, but does a good job justifying the excuse of an Ivy-esq school that teaches murder. I do think the pacing was a little uneven (the first half dragged a little, while the second half flew by). Really witty and each of the man three students had very distinctive voices and POVS. I found essentially of the journal entries in Cliff’s first journal to be a slog, and wish we had seen more of Gemma and Dulcie while at McMasters.

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manonblackbeak_116's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'll admit, this book had started of on a slow pace...... but immediately somewhat halfway through, it picked up, especially as I'd grown to love the characters. It mostly focused on Cliff Iverson (who is the reason we know about McM), which gave me the idea that he was the mc, but then the story shifted to Gemma and Doria (Doria who became my favourite because of how truly intelligent she was)

But this book was so amazing. The characters, their developments and the plot was just on point. The fact that I'd wanted to cry when it was time for our beloved characters to depart McM said enough. Greatly recommend 10/10.

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celinabean's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I loved every second of it. Couldn’t put it down and that’s not just bc I hate my job. It’s humorous homicide. The whole book should really have felt dark and depressing, but it was so captivating and funny it came off lighthearted. The narrative + journal entry format worked perfectly, allowing the air of mystery to stay throughout, even the sign off was 🤌 My only negative is that it wasn’t longer. I felt we didn’t spend enough time at McMaster. I would have loved to experience more classes and lessons before they completed their thesis. Totally worth the read. I will recommend this book to people 💯

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