Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

698 reviews

mdumler's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Murder

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

heather667's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Murder

pagesbycaroline's review against another edition

5.0

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book keeps the reader on their toes in a good way. I spent most of the book trying to guess and figure out the clues. The characters make the mystery so much fun that you sometimes pay more attention to the characters and their relationships than the actual crime, which is refreshing for a mystery novel. I would definitely read this again and recommend it to anyone who is even slightly intrigued by the premise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use

Minor: Grief

swamprat410's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Murder

Minor: Alcohol

arijoy's review against another edition

4.5

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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Dementia, Grief

Minor: Blood, Alcohol

stitchwitch's review against another edition

4.25

emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Dementia, Murder

averyabw's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder

Moderate: Dementia, Grief

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol

canadawithoutthec's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Fatphobia, Murder

Minor: Abortion

anem127's review against another edition

3.5

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Dementia, Murder