Book 37 of 2023
The Thursday Murder Club. Written by Richard Osman.
Ok, now this book was interesting. I am very interested that it is a male author – I definitely would have guessed female. The narrator has a very strong and authentic female voice, and in fact the female characters were more well rounded than the male characters.
On the whole I would say that I was very much on the fence for this book. It had some likeable characters, and the plot certainly took twists and turns that I could not have guessed. However the narrative style and pace of the book was absolutely frustrating. So the two balanced out for me in a book that I have no desires to read the sequels and struggled to keep reading.
I do like that it was quite a difference genre for me! I have not tried to do the Carnegie medal this year but I do enjoy trying to read a range of books. I do think that might be why my more recent reviews have been quite lacklustre – because effectively I am just reading the same book again and again!
I heard about this book on morefm. I found it really interesting because the DJ who had read it admitted it was the first book that he had ever read. When his co workers gave him a hard time about well how did he know it was good I felt genuinely confused. It does not matter if the book is “good” it only matters if you individually enjoy it – and if you do then it is good. I think sometimes that the preconcieved ideas about why we should or shouldn’t be reading does more hindrance than good, espeically in a world with falling literacy rates and less readers than what we have had before.
So did I enjoy this book? No. But if you did I am so happy for you!! Because finding books that we like is what we are all trying to do!
Mrs K
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