Reviews

Murder at the Book Club by Betsy Reavley

pickpoppies's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

It starts with a pretty terrible person complaining about how old people smell. Then she arrives at the book club where there’s a tone of other people and it’s too many all at once that I don’t know who’s who (and I don’t care). One of the women work at an old folks home and she hates old people and treats them poorly. One woman works at a bookmaker and dislikes gambling and gamblers. One woman really doesn’t want to get involved helping a teenager who has just lost his mother. And it goes on and on and everyone is just dreadful. We get to follow… um, maybe 5 people from the book club and 2 police officers, maybe. It’s a mess and I wouldn’t recommend this. 

filwdork's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

1.0

Absolute hated this one. Did not like any of the characters and the mystery was boring. 

raemaras's review

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

southernmomma98's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

julie7's review against another edition

3.5

3.5⭐️= Quite Good.
Paperback.

This was an easy to read book. In the first half of the, the characters were not particularly inspiring and I wasn’t particularly engaged with the storyline. After this, the characters developed and I could see many potential suspects. Saying this, I did not guess the murderer!

This might be for you if you want an easy to read book , written in a whodunnit style.

tcrowell's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

cbillo17's review

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

mbbb72's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

tythereaderguy's review

fast-paced

2.0

ashleykaraman's review against another edition

1.0

I never leave one star reviews. I only read this because my work book club is reading it. Zero character development. No suspense. Not one likeable character. It was a quick read so I'm happy I didn't waste too much time reading it. If it weren't for book club it would be my first DNF in a very long time.