A review by caughtbetweenpages
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

What a stunning, warm book. Perfect to transition into cozier/Autumnal reading. I really admire Osman's facility with character voice--Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron, Ibrahim, Bogdan, and the rest were each individually and collectively lovely to follow and so distinguishable from one another. Not a one of them was perfect, but they were all so full of heart and complexity, and were impossible not to sympathize with even when they did rude or buckwild things in service of their wants and goals. This was a deeply british book in its sensibilities and preoccupations in a way that felt deeply appropriate for the genre, but never in a caricature-y way. If I have any complaints, it's that some of the resolutions to certain mysteries felt less foreshadowed than I typically like, but for a mystery book, I was far less into it for the plot than I was simply to follow the Club, the officers they were working with, and the various other folks they had in the periphery of the whodunnit. I will be reading the rest of this series for sure.