Reviews - The Last Murder at the End of the World

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The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

3.76 AVERAGE

kiernan_freda's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mjuby's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

allisooonk's review against another edition

3.5

i liked it enough, but wished it had either committed to being a dystopian end of the world survival plot or a murder mystery.

the murder didn’t come in until a third of the way through so the first bit felt random, and by the end, it seemed like everybody had motive, nobody had alibis, and the population was gonna die in two days anyway.

it just didn’t grab me! the ending was solid and i enjoyed the final twist(s), but it just felt a bit all over the place to me.

bookish_and_planty's review against another edition

This was a cool idea, but not well executed. I couldn't get into this one.

morgsmoriarty's review against another edition

4.25

hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

albinollama's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

caileyp's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It was certainly a page turner and had unique concepts. However, it was grappling with so many big ideas that I’m not sure it executed them as well as I’d like. I did love the narration style- unusual and effective.

I found the humans outside of the one “murdered” to be relatively one dimensional and had very little sympathy for them. It would’ve been more interesting if those characters were more complex.