Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

75 reviews

shinypurplepants's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

A fantastically fun mystery with a great cast of well-rounded characters!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Death, Dementia, and Gun violence

lime_soda's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

maddy9877's review

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Death

kypn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death

jfield351's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced

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

3.0

This was a good book. I loved how easy to read it was and how short the chapters were. The big twist didn’t shock me too much, it didn’t really have too much of an effect on me. I did think some of the characters actions were unbelievable but I guess that happens in mystery novels

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

azrah786's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.5

 CW: violence, murder, suicide, death, grief, dementia, alcohol
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My thoughts and feelings on this are pretty much like those that I have for The House of Games..

The people/characters are a fun bunch but it's overall too relaxed for my taste. Though it kept me intrigued enough for answers to stick around until the end.

Final Rating - 3.5/5 Stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Dementia, and Alcohol

rieviolet's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

The book is divided into very short chapters, so that the reading experience feels very fast and easy.
Each chapter switches between quite a lot of point of views (to be honest, maybe too many). This certainly helps to keep the narration interesting and varied but, at the same time, it does not allow to explore the characters in depth and it can become a bit confusing to keep track of everyone and every storyline.

I think that the book relies a bit too much on the characters' "quirky" traits and, even though this makes the narration funny enough, it can come across as somehow overdone. 

I'm not really sure about the mystery part of the story, it did make sense
(sort of) but at the same time it felt a bit convoluted, maybe too much twists and turns towards the very end of the story?

All in all, a nice and quick read but I don't think I'll continue with the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

Moderate: Dementia, Trafficking, Death, Terminal illness, Sexism, Violence, Fatphobia, Blood, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Police brutality, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

fdallachy's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This book is exactly what you might expect it to be - a lighthearted murder mystery centring on a retirment village community where the characters are genuinely entertaining and endearing. It is a little light on investigation - a couple of new pieces of evidence arise as the plot continues, but there isn't any real drive to find out new things. The resolution is still satisfyingly full of twists and turns, however. The main reason to read this is for its gentle humour and lovable characters.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence

Although there are murders (naturally) in the plot, the writing does not dwell on them and there is no detailed description of the act or the injuries sustained.

ivknjige80's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Murder, Violence, Death, and Dementia

honeycrispp's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Charming, funny and thoroughly refreshing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia and Grief

Minor: Death and Violence