Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

17 reviews

lewbug's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-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

4.5

For a book set in a retirement community, this was so much fun. I loved how well developed and unique each character was. I also didn’t guess the killer which is unusual for me and I really appreciated that! I can’t wait to pick up the next book in the series. However, please check the content warnings because there was a scene I didn’t see coming and hit me kind of hard. I think it was written well and manageable for me but make sure you can handle it before deciding to read this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Suicide, and Chronic illness

geesreadingcorner's review

Xenophobic comments were unnecessary

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racial slurs

bronzel's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Murder, Body shaming, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Blood

lilacfoxes's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Xenophobia

katietregs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

Overall, I enjoyed this book, but it took me a while to get into it. If I hadn’t been reading it for a book club, I might have even given up around page 100. 
The murder mystery aspect does have good payoff, and the characters are rich and lovable. I think it suffers from too many POV characters up front and not enough storyline events to justify the story’s overall complexity. 

I also think the suicide of Bernard felt unnecessary, and rushed. And the priest’s story was supposed to be sympathetic, but it made him seem like a weird creep to me. If the nun was going to run off with him… why did she hang herself? and why did Bogdan send the picture to Jason?

That said, it’s an impressive first novel from Osman with good mystery and great characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Fatphobia, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault

Minor: Bullying and Eating disorder

sparklefarm's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

A nearly perfect book. So funny, and also incredibly tender and sweet. The characters are brilliant and I love them so much. However, do check the content warnings for more

suicide

than I expected. I wish that

Ron and Ibrahim had done a little reflecting on how their words might have affected Bernard.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Grief, Suicide, and Dementia

Minor: Xenophobia

cooliuscaesar451's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

It starts off slowly but the characters suck you in ❤️ I found myself verklempt time and time again at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug use, Grief, Child death, Mental illness, Blood, Classism, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Suicide, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Racism, War, Cancer, Misogyny, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy, Animal death, Addiction, Homophobia, and Gun violence

lyricallit's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Kind of an absurd body count by the end. And the fatphobia, my God. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Fatphobia, Murder, and Body shaming

Moderate: Dementia and Grief

Minor: Xenophobia

hannahschaef's review

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Xenophobia

andloveistoolong's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Blood, Death, Suicide, Alcohol, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Dementia, Pregnancy, Rape, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia