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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
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
alyssas319'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: Murder, Dementia, and Death
Moderate: Dementia, Murder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Animal death, Suicide, and Death
danikajoan'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: Dementia, Grief, Animal death, Murder, and Death
danielleglover's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
4.0
Graphic: Drug use and Dementia
Moderate: Animal death
mousecat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Death, Suicide, and Dementia
Moderate: Animal death
jlaz_13'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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Dementia, Murder, Grief, and Suicide
Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, Drug use, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Animal death and Toxic relationship
tamara_joy'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: Murder, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Animal death
jodar'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
3.75
The crime itself is cleverly handled and well-plotted. This time Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron are given greater roles in its investigation while Elizabeth withdraws for much of the story to cope with her partner Stephen’s health difficulties.
One or two new peripheral characters arrive on the scene at the retirement village during the novel, and they may well play a larger role in later stories the author promises to write – albeit not immediately.
Graphic: Death, Dementia, Gun violence, Murder, Grief, and Suicide
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Gore