184 reviews for:

The Murder Game

Rachel Abbott

3.75 AVERAGE


I think it says it all when I read this book in less than 24 hours - I just couldn’t put it down! There were twists and turns all the way through which kept me excited right until the end. Definitely would recommend!

I think it says it all when I read this book in less than 24 hours - I just couldn’t put it down! There were twists and turns all the way through which kept me excited right until the end. Definitely would recommend!

Predictable but great read. Finished it in 2 days!

A premissa é: Há um ano, vários amigos mais próximos reúnem-se para o casamento do Lucas, na sua luxuosa mansão na Cornualha, no entanto, o casamento nunca chegou a acontecer porque a Alex, irmã do Lucas, apareceu morta poucas horas antes do início do casamento.
Exactamente um ano depois, Lucas reúne todos os amigos no mesmo local para reviverem tudo o que se passou, através de um jogo chamado 'Jogo do Crime', e é nesta altura que se começam então a descobrir coisas que tinham inicialmente passado despercebidas.

Para mim o início do livro foi muito lento, desenvolve pouco e não me conseguiu cativar. No entanto, acho que pode ser precisamente para criar o efeito de terror psicológico e uma certa manipulação em relação a cada uma das personagens.

A partir de meio, o livro ganha muito mais ritmo e admito que possa cativar pelos vários cenários que possam surgir na cabeça do leitor porque de facto tudo é possível e o final, a analisar por outras reviews que li, é surpreendente.

Posso-vos dizer que na capa diz:
«Rachel Abbott é a rainha do thriller imprevisível.» e é o segundo livro que leio dela em que percebo o final a meio do livro.

No entanto, este livro tem óptima pontuação no Goodreads e imensa gente gostou de o ler, pelo que, acho que só não funcionou para mim porque cedo percebi o que se ia passar.

The whodunit murder mystery! There’s a wedding, and everyone’s invited. Unfortunately it ended up a tragedy, someone turned out to be dead. A year later, the same friends got invited, but this time to find out who was the killer. A lot of secrets, a lot of lies told, who could be the killer?
I would give 4 ⭐️ if it wasn’t for the whispering, talk behind your back kind of way to figure out the killer. And the detectives were not being helpful at all lol. I don’t even know why they are involved.
Good twist though!

The twists were obvious to me, but it kept my interest well enough. I still don't fully understand the "friendships" that kept these people so bound to one another. Also, the unlabeled alternative perspectives were hard to follow on the audio version.
dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

I was intrigued by the story and thought it was going to go another way. But it was okay. The ending left some loose ends for me.

una bazofia. me obligué a terminarlo porque me cuesta soltar un thriller, NECESITO saber cómo termina. pero me resultó malísimo 

This was a good read. It was hard to put it down a few times. Although I did end up having it figured out about half way through. And I really didn’t care much for the ending. A lot of stories were left open. I would’ve liked for the epilogue to of had more on some of the characters instead of it being left open.