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A review by actuallyjusthanne
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
emotional
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
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
3.0
This book was really sweet! While it wasn't my favorite of the series, there was a lot of growth throughout the book from each of the characters, and I find that I have become rather attached to these elderly fictional people.
This book is distinctly not a standalone: I impressed myself with how well I was able to keep track each of the different characters (the list is getting quite long now) and their distinct personalities and backgrounds. This is definitely because of the writing style of the books, and how different each of the characters are.
The stakes just keep getting higher and higher in these books: in this book, the Thursday Murder Club is getting involved with an antique/forgery group, as well as trying to locate a hundred thousand pounds worth of heroin. I wasn't a huge fan of the meddling in police work that they started doing, and Chris and Donna's extracurricular activities.
The criminals play a bigger part in this book than they have in the previous books, which I don't know how I feel about. I don't think that these are going to continue into future books, like how Connie Johnson did, but one never knows. Connie Johnson does appear in this book, and assists the Thursday Murder Club from prison.
Elizabeth is more of a minor character in this book: she has been occupied with some personal things that get revealed as the book goes along. Stephen's dementia has continued to worsen, and they are deciding what the next steps are in terms of his quality of life.They end up choosing medically (though not legally, because it's Elizabeth) assisted death, and those chapters are so utterly heartbreaking. As a result, this book has a much more somber tone than some of the other books in the series.
As always, I am a huge fan of Joyce's diary entries: they are so witty and the mentions of Alan are so cute and make me laugh. As part of the side plot, Ron, Ibrahim, and Computer Bob are trying to bust someone who is doing a romance scam on one of the other residents of Cooper's Chase, which was also quite amusing.
I read this book in physical form as well as partially on audiobook, which I still think is the superior way to consume this series. To me it sounds like old people telling their story, which is just overall really fun. There was quite a bit of discussion of each of the people discuss their lived experience and their life partners and it was SO sweet!
I really enjoyed this book! It was really sweet and I am looking forwards to reading more from this series when they come out.
This book is distinctly not a standalone: I impressed myself with how well I was able to keep track each of the different characters (the list is getting quite long now) and their distinct personalities and backgrounds. This is definitely because of the writing style of the books, and how different each of the characters are.
The stakes just keep getting higher and higher in these books: in this book, the Thursday Murder Club is getting involved with an antique/forgery group, as well as trying to locate a hundred thousand pounds worth of heroin. I wasn't a huge fan of the meddling in police work that they started doing, and Chris and Donna's extracurricular activities.
The criminals play a bigger part in this book than they have in the previous books, which I don't know how I feel about. I don't think that these are going to continue into future books, like how Connie Johnson did, but one never knows. Connie Johnson does appear in this book, and assists the Thursday Murder Club from prison.
Elizabeth is more of a minor character in this book: she has been occupied with some personal things that get revealed as the book goes along. Stephen's dementia has continued to worsen, and they are deciding what the next steps are in terms of his quality of life.
As always, I am a huge fan of Joyce's diary entries: they are so witty and the mentions of Alan are so cute and make me laugh. As part of the side plot, Ron, Ibrahim, and Computer Bob are trying to bust someone who is doing a romance scam on one of the other residents of Cooper's Chase, which was also quite amusing.
I read this book in physical form as well as partially on audiobook, which I still think is the superior way to consume this series. To me it sounds like old people telling their story, which is just overall really fun. There was quite a bit of discussion of each of the people discuss their lived experience and their life partners and it was SO sweet!
I really enjoyed this book! It was really sweet and I am looking forwards to reading more from this series when they come out.