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enaminella's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Death and Dementia
kezharri's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Murder and Death
Minor: Suicide
silverhill's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Dementia, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Gun violence, and Grief
gemloukay's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
It’s an emotional one, with a death which genuinely had me in tears as it was so beautifully written. Despite being a “cosy crime”, it certainly packs a punch when it needs to. I just hope it’s not the last we see of the Thursday Murder Club!
Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Grief
justash2000's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Suicide and Death
barbarella85's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Death and Drug use
debbitomsk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Grief, Dementia, and Death
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death
Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse
oxfordcommas91's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
What makes this book different from prior books is that it allows us to sit more deeply into the reality of death for those in the last phase of their lives. Grief factors more meaningfully into this book than it has in the past, with our whole crew coming face to face with their own mortality - and that of their loved ones - multiple times. It expertly touches on the reality of grief and loss at an old age, the morality of euthanasia, and the meaning of our fleeting lives here on earth without feeling overly precious or macabre.
Osman has once again woven an incredible web of side characters, red herrings and interesting plot points that leads us all on an epic chase to the satisfying conclusion. I tend to pick these books up and read them in large chunks - I read this one in three sittings because I find it hard to put down once I start.
I am definitely a huge fan of Osman’s work and cannot wait for the (eventual) fifth installment of the Thursday murder club!
Graphic: Grief, Murder, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Dementia
Moderate: Blood, Terminal illness, and Animal death
Minor: Alcohol
questionablyevil's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Dementia and Death
Moderate: Suicide
agathajanemaud1908's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Warning: there is a storyline that begins in the first book that I knew was going to develop more and more into something bad as the series went on. Something that couldn’t be stopped even in fiction. I can’t remember the last time I’ve sobbed that hard over something not related to deaths in my family. Just a warning. It’s pretty explicit in my content warnings.
But I still ended this book on an up note because that’s what these books do for me. And I still laughed out loud at lots of passages even after the Bad Thing.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Dementia, Grief, Suicide, and Terminal illness