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Murder at the Book Club by Betsy Reavley

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t_divines_reading_corner1's review against another edition

3.0

This book kept me guessing the whole entire time of WHO DID IT? I went into this book sort of blind since it was Book of the Month for the book club that I am in. I was not expecting this book to be this good, especially since this was my first time reading anything by Betsy Reavley. It started off kind of slow for me, but since it was in a different part of the country I appreciated the world building and defining the characters and their personalities, additionally some of the terms and verbiage would throw me for a loop which is the reason I gave it 3 stars. Once the action started happening left and right with the different characters I was all in and invested in seeing whom the murder was!

Tropes: mystery, betrayal, revenge, murder, disappearing weapons, red herrings and unique locations of the murder.

The killer is someone I never suspected, but had an inkling from the way she acted in the book with the other ladies, along with her reaction during a meeting with one of the characters! Watch your back, you never know if you are in a book club with a murderer!

pickpoppies's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

It starts with a pretty terrible person complaining about how old people smell. Then she arrives at the book club where there’s a tone of other people and it’s too many all at once that I don’t know who’s who (and I don’t care). One of the women work at an old folks home and she hates old people and treats them poorly. One woman works at a bookmaker and dislikes gambling and gamblers. One woman really doesn’t want to get involved helping a teenager who has just lost his mother. And it goes on and on and everyone is just dreadful. We get to follow… um, maybe 5 people from the book club and 2 police officers, maybe. It’s a mess and I wouldn’t recommend this.

filwdork's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Absolute hated this one. Did not like any of the characters and the mystery was boring.

raemaras's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

southernmomma98's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

julie7's review

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3.5

3.5⭐️= Quite Good.
Paperback.

This was an easy to read book. In the first half of the, the characters were not particularly inspiring and I wasn’t particularly engaged with the storyline. After this, the characters developed and I could see many potential suspects. Saying this, I did not guess the murderer!

This might be for you if you want an easy to read book , written in a whodunnit style.