Reviews - The Last Murder at the End of the World

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The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

3.75 AVERAGE

pandaslag's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cathy_alyson's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 stars. Loved this!!

evolk15's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Yes

jkzie's review against another edition

2.0

2.5. Overall pretty mid. I feel like it was an interesting idea that was poorly executed.

deereads1's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

romerojoel's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Well this book left me numb and questioning humanity. I didn't know a whodunit could do that.

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crofteereader's review against another edition

3.0

I liked the second half significantly more than I liked the first half (setting the scene took way too long and honestly wasn’t as relevant as I would have expected) but what kept me from truly enjoying it was that the timeline made absolutely no sense whatsoever.

I got so wrapped around the axel trying to puzzle through the 90-40-20 years ago events when almost every character is old enough that the 20 years ago events should have been at least in living memory but that go completely unacknowledged? Plus in the 91-hours timeline, I don’t think everything that happened would be feasible.

So as great as the Emory/Clara/Seth dynamic ended up being (and as awesome and complicated and messy as Thea’s whole character was), I couldn’t resolve enough of the framework of the story to buy into everything that was built on it.

{Thanks to the publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review}