Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman

91 reviews

daryn's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Dementia, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Suicide

Minor: Car accident

brandongordon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Gun violence, and Murder

peeshy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, and Murder

luxton's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

This was a solid third book in the Thursday Murder Club series. If you've read books 1 and 2 and liked them, chances are you'll enjoy this too. 

My one 'complaint' with Richard Osman's books is that the murder mystery plot feels a bit convoluted sometimes. It's not like a classic Arthur Conan Doyle story where the mystery is a puzzle the reader can solve if only they are clever enough. There's too much going on in the background.

That said, the fantastic characters carry the story through so it doesn't feel like a major problem. I still had a good time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Death, and Murder

Minor: Drug use and Child abuse

Steven's dementia is featured more heavily in this book. I found it a bit rough. I can imagine this would be a particularly difficult read if you have personal experience of a family member being affected by dementia

bronzeageholly's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

I have demolished this series as fast as I can - the plot is well formulated and I’m STILL thrown at the end no matter how certain I am that I’ve solved it.

This volume I found a little harder to stick with than the others. The cast was quite large and even though all the characters are exceptionally well-considered, I found it difficult to remember all of the different names and some I really enjoyed getting to know a lot more than others. While the action got underway relatively fast, I found the pace ebbed and flowed which made following the plot a little less harder than the previous two.

All in all, Osman never lost me. His humour runs throughout and I’ll be running to grab the fourth book as soon as it’s out!

the Viking was a hilarious and terrifying villain, I enjoyed every time he cropped up, especially when it all came to a head in Joyce’s flat…. our poor, insecure bookworm :,,)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Dementia

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicide, and Gun violence

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Dementia, Drug use, Murder, Stalking, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

josiee's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Dementia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Drug use, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Stalking, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Racism, and Trafficking

eviethebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous 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? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Suicide

kellyloubishop's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Stalking and Suicide

emilymhb's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Suicide