Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

54 reviews

kaylasbewks's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Death

Moderate: Child death

bellerina2000's review

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Grief, and Death

Minor: Child death

izypup's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Suicide, Sexism, Murder, Alcohol, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Child death, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

ashleyjean6's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

Absolutely brilliant writing, fabulous character development, wonderful sense of humor! It deals with some gritty topics, but it's always a pleasure to read. Witty, intelligent, thought provoking and fun. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Blood, Child death, Suicide, Dementia, Murder, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Violence

marioosa517's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fatphobia, Death, Grief, Dementia, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence, Religious bigotry, and Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Child death

kisara's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

The book is serviceable. This is a not terribly challenging detective story featuring characters that may as well be paper cut-outs being paraded about in a diorama. The writing and dialogue are serviceable, although there were many times they reminded me of my fan fiction from high school. The murders aren't really solvable (i.e., like Agatha Christie); you just get presented with the solution (i.e., like A Study in Scarlet). I didn't find myself laughing out loud at all, and the pacing was very slow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Suicide, and Murder

thoseoldcrows23's review

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-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

4.0

This book kept me swinging between amusement and heartache the whole time. It was pitched to me as a fun, funny mystery novel, and it is that, but it grapples with some really heavy topics and it handles them with a grace I didn't expect. So much of this book is about grief of every kind. You sit with these characters, who you can't help but love, as they grieve for lost love, lost friends, spent youth, and things that never were but should have been, and it just breaks your heart. Even in the face of that though this remains an incredibly hopeful book that made me laugh just as much as it made me cry. I'm so very glad I picked this up, and I'm excited to read more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Dementia, Medical content, Violence, Chronic illness, Child death, and Terminal illness

ndpmclean's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

What a fun story! It's certainly had some agatha Christie Miss Marple vibes going on, and it was interesting how everything was wrapped up. I feel like the sequel will continue off some of this story. I will seek out the sequel this year for sure.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Dementia, Grief, Suicide, Murder, Chronic illness, and Child death

rngaines14's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Suicide

embee09's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief and Child death

Minor: Terminal illness