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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

59 reviews

tuvz's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Police brutality, Dementia, and Terminal illness

Minor: Gun violence and Medical content

therobinjoyce's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

1.25

 Again, I felt like one of the last people on bookstagram to read this book and after all the hype I’d heard about it, I was expecting amazing things from The Thursday Murder Club. Unfortunately, I think the hype for this novel was very unprecedented and encouraged mainly by the fame of Richard Osman.

The book was initially hard to get into with the ever-shifting POVs and slow pacing but after a while, I could see a pattern emerging and it was a little simpler to follow each different narrator. But even then, the story was very long-winded and dragged on far too long.

Each chapter was rather short, which suited me well, but it would take roughly 10 pages of narration to finally read one sentence of information that was pertinent to the plot.

The characters were an unlikely and unusual bunch and could have been written so well but, alas, they all felt rather vanilla and boring to me and I could not connect with any of them. Donna was the only one I didn’t mind reading about but she had far too little “screen time” to keep me interested in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Dementia, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, and Xenophobia

j_squaredd's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder, Gun violence, and Violence

beth_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicide, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Child death, and Pregnancy

mention of dead significant others

kimi72714's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I really loved this book! The characters were so compassionately written and so real! I laughed out loud, I gasped, my heart broke, and I told anyone who would listen what was happening in the plot at that point. 

I don't often like mystery books, but I enjoyed this one. It was light hearted enough for me, a raging empath, to read before bed. And the women were actually three dimensional characters: a welcome change in crime fiction.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants an upbeat mystery, or someone who wants to dive back into reading again. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Dementia, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

Most of the content warnings are implied because it is a crime fiction novel, and most are handled well within the context. These themes are lighter than in many other crime novels, but they are still present.

starrygoldeneyes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Dementia, Death, Murder, Grief, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Medical content, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Child death, Gun violence, Rape, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death

nicolaparty's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Dementia, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence, Trafficking, and Rape

wolfthorn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book an awful lot more than I thought I would. It's an intriguing read with several twists and unexpected murders. I wasn't sure about having the occasional chapter from Joyce's point of view, it didn't seem to add much to the book in particular. Although I did find that her voice sounded like Patricia Routledge doing Kitty which was amusing. It was good to find a book where the main characters are all elderly for a change, although I think some people might find the discussions of dementia and suicide to be upsetting. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

hannahvictoria90's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Gun violence