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A review by actuallyjusthanne
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-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
4.25
This series just keeps getting better and better! I read this one both in physical format and on my Kindle, and I was surprised by how much I was able to get into the story. For the first two book, I had to listen to parts of it to really get into the story, but although I bought this book from Audible, I finished it before I even had a chance to start listening to it.
In this book, The Thursday Murder Club works on a mystery that happened a couple decades ago: a mysterious disappearance of a news-journalist who disappeared but whose case never got solved. Simultaneously, Elizabeth is getting pulled into some drama of her own, which she doesn't tell anyone else about. The whole plot/side plot? with the Viking were really fun: I liked that he got drawn into the group of friends as well, though that whole part of the story was pretty hard to believe for me. I thought that his character was a fun twist though!
I really appreciate that so far, all three of the mysteries from this series are vastly different from each other: while the characters are very steadily the same (part of the charm of them being old), they are still growing and their crime-solving skills and team work are improving (especially for Joyce, whose perspective we get to see the most of). Like always, there are so many good quotes from this book and funny moments that made me chuckle.
The crime cinematic universe, if you will, was expanded a little. I was surprised to see Connie Johnson still being mentioned, and her involvement in the mystery. I did feel like this mystery was a little more contrived than the others, but with a little suspension of disbelief, I still had a fun time following the plot. In particular, the ending felt a little too perfect, but I really didn't end up minding, as a lot of the charm of the story actually turned out to be following the characters rather than the plot.
Joyce finally got her dog Alan, which was so sweet to follow! There weren't a ton of mentions of him, but I really enjoyed whenever he was mentioned. Donna andBogdan got together, which I didn't expect?! Though I guess the main thing is that I have no idea how old Bogdan is, so that certainly contributes. More and more people are pairing off, which I was not expecting, but probably shouldn't have been surprised by.
The scenes with Stephen in it are SO sweet: he may well be my favorite side character in these books, and the passages where his dementia worsens are absolutely devastating.The scenes where Bogdan is playing chess with Stephen and realizing his dementia is getting worse??? and then they go out together?? ohhhh my god . I loved seeing more of him in this book, and his own scenes were so heartwarming.
All in all, this was a really fun read, and I am excited to read the next book!
In this book, The Thursday Murder Club works on a mystery that happened a couple decades ago: a mysterious disappearance of a news-journalist who disappeared but whose case never got solved. Simultaneously, Elizabeth is getting pulled into some drama of her own, which she doesn't tell anyone else about. The whole plot/side plot? with the Viking were really fun: I liked that he got drawn into the group of friends as well, though that whole part of the story was pretty hard to believe for me. I thought that his character was a fun twist though!
I really appreciate that so far, all three of the mysteries from this series are vastly different from each other: while the characters are very steadily the same (part of the charm of them being old), they are still growing and their crime-solving skills and team work are improving (especially for Joyce, whose perspective we get to see the most of). Like always, there are so many good quotes from this book and funny moments that made me chuckle.
The crime cinematic universe, if you will, was expanded a little. I was surprised to see Connie Johnson still being mentioned, and her involvement in the mystery. I did feel like this mystery was a little more contrived than the others, but with a little suspension of disbelief, I still had a fun time following the plot. In particular, the ending felt a little too perfect, but I really didn't end up minding, as a lot of the charm of the story actually turned out to be following the characters rather than the plot.
Joyce finally got her dog Alan, which was so sweet to follow! There weren't a ton of mentions of him, but I really enjoyed whenever he was mentioned. Donna and
The scenes with Stephen in it are SO sweet: he may well be my favorite side character in these books, and the passages where his dementia worsens are absolutely devastating.
All in all, this was a really fun read, and I am excited to read the next book!