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Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

21 reviews

flower_mail's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, Blood, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gore, and Grief

asimpson7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a good read. Very strange and I often was very confused. Even at the end I was confused. But I liked the progression of their plans and that we had a progression of the stories of each person. I also liked that each of their stories intertwined and that not all of their deletions worked. But the one that didn’t work felt right. I would like to know what happened to the Dean at the end. But other than that it was an entertaining book and one unlike any I’ve ever read before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, Gun violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Suicide

courtshutt's review

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

Enjoyed the dark humour, nice variety of characters, and overall pacing of the story

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy

goeagles91n's review

dark mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Sexual harassment

bigheadcam's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

Murder Your Employer is like if Harry Potter was written for the macabre, in a good way. It's a fun story with some interesting (if at times, simple) characters as well as a fantastical setting in the form of McMasters and the U.S. in the 1950s. 

It's worth mentioning that I think part of the reason that this book takes place in this time period is because quite a few of the methods mentioned in this book around "getting away with murder" would not be possible due to today's surveillance state and much more accurate and sensitive forensic technologies. Still, a good romp through hypothetical murders and the fantasy by proxy of an evil employer being shown the door!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Homophobia, Death, Classism, Suicide, Pregnancy, Bullying, Grief, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Kidnapping

faerietale_princess's review

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is really great. The writing style is witty yet grounded. The narrator has a lot of fun narrating the story.

All of the characters are distinct with individual backstories that make them seem like real people. And they’re competent characters (despite

a failure from one of them

). They’re really easy to root for— I found myself spurring on murderers!

I do wonder about why Cliff has a journal. The story wouldn’t have changed if there wasn’t one. But it was nice to help kind of break things up nonetheless.

The identity of X is a bit predictable once you reach a certain point, but it’s not a big deal and doesn’t detract from the book.

I liked seeing how in-depth these murders were. They were all meticulously planned.

I do wish we had seen more of the school. McMaster’s is incredible, and I would’ve loved to see more of it, maybe some other classes.

You can tell the author did a lot of research into the dangers of various, sometimes everyday objects.

The only real negative is that it seemed to drag in spots, and I found myself wanting to read another book at those points, but I’m glad I pushed through those points.

Very good read, recommended to anyone who enjoys a bit of whimsy in their books, or cozy mystery readers who are looking to step outside their comfort zone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

agirlsnightbookbash's review

challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy and Violence

dyer's review

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

Someone who’s looking for a more casual read with a dark academia setting might enjoy this book with a unique premise. 

The structure needed more work (from author/editors but also the whole idea that a super secret school with super secret alumni is writing a tell-all book didn’t really make sense) and there was a lot of “telling rather than showing” type of writing (hence why I consider it a casual read).  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Transphobia, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Alcohol

matcha_cat's review

adventurous dark funny 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

dev921's review

dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Suicide, Stalking, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Sexual assault