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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

15 reviews

lumorise's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicide

faithsnyder16's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny mysterious 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

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Excellent mystery book! The writing was very clever and engaging, and the cast of characters was rich and dimensional. At its core, this book is a cozy mystery, but more than that, it's a book about people and life. It goes beyond the typical cozy mystery by making characters that are often flat and tropes in other mystery series into people with pasts, loves, lives, and souls. Genuinely, great book. I've ordered the rest of the series, so I'm looking forward to more shenanigans from the Thursday Mystery Club.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault

olijordan's review against another edition

3.5

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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For a mystery. It was alright. As a novel, I think it was quite wonderful. 

I won't be singing it's praises and there were a few times I was like "oh dear lord just get to the flipping point" but it was okay.

I'm just saying. When Mackie was confessing and looking at the grave. I was so excited for the possibility of a trans story line. Like how cool would it have been for Sister Margaret to actually be Matthew and the bones in the grave be the Father that Matthew adopted the identity of? Hello?? Im just saying.</spoiler

Another I also really didn't appreciate was Chris being body shamed all the time both by himself and others? Like come on?

Why is him getting a girlfriend the cure all for his insecurity. Like it's fine if you're fat just as long as you're in a relationship? I don't think so - totally unnecessary and deeply annoying to read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder

jennlessin's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing 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

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Cozy mystery genre. Nice start to series, lovable characters. Excited for the upcoming streaming series with Helen Mirren!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Murder

makerealityvanish's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

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I'm not a huge crime reader, in fact it has been 5ish years since I read one. I really loved this one. It was exactly what I needed after reading Wuthering Heights. It was a fast paced and engaging read. I wouldn't usually think to describe a crime book as cosy and sweet, but that is exactly how this one felt. I loved all the main characters. I laughed, I shed a tear. Cannot wait to read the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Dementia

Moderate: Eating disorder

bootrat's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief

Minor: Xenophobia

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Three people I know recommended this book to me. If they'd led with how funny it is, I might've read it sooner. On the other hand, if they'd led with how corpse-strewn and emotional it is, I might've read it sooner, too. (Basically, what I'm saying is, if you're going to recommend a book to me, please tell me why you think I'd like it. No matter how much I like you, just telling me, "I liked it" won't convince me.) Anyway. This is a funny, emotional, corpse-strewn mystery, and I liked it a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Classism

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Graphic: Ageism Moderate: Nonconsensual drug use, Euthanasia

douglasreaddimg's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia

Minor: Suicide

katietregs's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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: Fatphobia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief

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

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder

navzreadz's review against another edition

4.5

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This book is a classic example of a 'cosy murder mystery' - perfect for when you need some thoroughly lovable characters with a side of gore to keep you hooked. The author balances comedy, tragedy, love and loss very well in this story. The narration is what completely sold the book for me. Can't wait to go on more adventures with this awesome foursome. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Eating disorder