Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

71 reviews

sarahbsews's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

jravelar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

acuteepi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Good for anyone who loves a good mystery 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Murder

schnaucl's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

I really liked the characters, particularly Elizabeth, Joyce and Donna.

I did feel like the number of murders was a bit much though and sometimes it felt difficult to keep all the characters straight.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Dementia, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence and Suicide

kimberlyswalters's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

The humor sprinkled throughout this book made it an absolute pleasure to read. The characters, their wit, and the balance of seriousness & light-heartedness had me laughing and tearing up. I highly recommend this to anyone of any age. I'm 26, but the perspective of life from an older person was refreshing and makes me want to appreciate my life more. My favorite bits are Joyce's journal entries. I'm not sure if I have a favorite character, but she had me smiling the most. I'm excited to read the other installments. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexism, Blood, and Pregnancy

divine529's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

This was a bit of an odd book for me. I enjoyed it while I was reading it, but if I was away, I never really felt compelled to pick it up. 
The setting was different and I really enjoyed the characters overall and their friendship, but the plot was a bit more complicated than it needed to be. There was so much going on and it often pulled me out of the story. So many murders and pieces at play and somehow everything was connected and wrapped up nicely at the end (for the most part). 
I figured out the killer for the first murder as soon as they walked on page because there's a stereotype with specific kinds of characters and it was disappointing that they fell into that same thing over and over again. The thing about knowing that though, it didn't explain anything and there really weren't many clues along the way to lead you there unless you squinted. Elizabeth just seemed to know everything from the start and pretended she didn't for the benefit of everyone else. Given her background that makes some sense, but still, it should be more of a group effort than one being a puppetmaster and everyone else the puppets to the point where several of the characters just kind of notice it and roll with it. The writing and pacing also had a lot of issues too. 
The relationships are truly where this book was in its element and some of the sleuthing was fun to read, but overall it was fun and I will probably continue just to see if they improve a bit, but slightly disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Violence, Dementia, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Pregnancy

chriswoody94's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence

deetabz's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Violence, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

Three people I know recommended this book to me. If they'd led with how funny it is, I might've read it sooner. On the other hand, if they'd led with how corpse-strewn and emotional it is, I might've read it sooner, too. (Basically, what I'm saying is, if you're going to recommend a book to me, please tell me why you think I'd like it. No matter how much I like you, just telling me, "I liked it" won't convince me.) Anyway. This is a funny, emotional, corpse-strewn mystery, and I liked it a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Graphic: Ageism Moderate: Nonconsensual drug use, Euthanasia

princess_lea's review against another edition

mysterious sad medium-paced

3.0

I really liked the intrigue and couldn’t figure out who the murderer was, so that was nice. However, this book just made me sad. I am sure it’s supposed to be taken as lighthearted in some way but I was just sad hearing about all these old people missing their late spouses. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, and Murder