Easily readable, witty and a good story line
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I’d liken the book to a delicious chocolate snack. Very enjoyable at the time,but forgettable within a few days,but you’ll look forward to the next one. Richard creates likeable characters. There’s humour and a very relaxed chilled vibe to the whole thing. There’s also a quaint “Englishness “about it all too. There’s warmth and tenderness in the mix,and he does tap into a goodness in people. He’s a skilful writer in that he makes the craft look easy. The story rolls along and the pages keep turning. No need to reread and characters are easily remembered. He also with a few sentences creates a person that is completely rounded and defined. The American border agent being an example of this …. And then he adds the human subtleties to that person. Overall a lovely example of the genre.
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A great starter to a new series from the awesome Richard Osman. Loved meeting new characters and travelling all over the world with them. They’re all so different yet so funny and loveable - the book had me laughing out loud many times. And the many twists and turns keep you guessing until near the end. Excellent writing as always, and I look forward to reading more from these characters in the future.
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Thoroughly enjoyed this book. It’s a good format, and I quickly believed, knew and loved the characters. The international v local locations are a great balance. I really did enjoy the read. Mandy
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Storyline could have been better, but the book was high quality and arrived within the timeframe given.
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Oh I really wanted to like this one more than I did. The first in a new series from Osman after his very successful, and indeed very enjoyable Thursday Murder Club series. I feel We Solve Murders suffers the same issues as the first Murder Club book had, perhaps more so. The Thursday Murder Club book one felt a little messy, too complicated, uneven in tone and not very well rounded characters. The subsequent books I found absolutely charming with much more streamlined lined stories, fantastically fleshed out characters and a confidence in the writing that ironed out the unevenness of the first. I hope that will be the case here. The story of We Solve Murders feels overly complicated for the light hearted tone of the book. There’s way too many characters and the main characters who we are meeting for the first time suffer as a consequence. A daughter in law and father in law are the central characters and neither are that interesting. Amy the daughter in law comes across as an extremely bland and uninteresting character to hang the book on. Steve, the father in law feels like an extra from The Thursday Murder Club, a character that didn’t quite make the cut. The chapters are very short(some only a page long)and it’s to the detriment of the book. I couldn’t connect with the characters as it was like now you see them now you don’t as they dipped in and out of the story. We spend a couple of pages in one part of the world and suddenly we are somewhere else on the planet for a few minutes. Look it’s an awful lot of moaning from me about it but there is enough there to make this an enjoyable series and I have confidence Mr Osman will deliver. It just felt like he tried to throw the kitchen sink at this new series opener and unfortunately it’s a case of less is more. More to just way too much. I’m giving this three stars as I do have high hopes for the series and I think we will eventually see good books in it but for me We Solve Murders was a hugely underwhelming start.
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I've been looking forward to reading We Solve Murders ever since Richard Osman announced that he would be writing a new series. It's inevitable that there will be comparisons with The Thursday Murder Club and whilst that doesn't feel entirely unfair, there are some marked differences. The humour, which is very British, is still there and it really helped me to enter the world of the characters, but this novel feels a lot less cosy and much more action packed. I loved meeting our team of investigators, Steve, Amy and Rosie. They're all very different and they're not characters you would automatically put together, but I loved the way they played to each other's strengths, encourage each other and had each other's back. I enjoyed seeing them grow over the course of the novel, and it was a joy to see Steve, in particular, come out of his shell. They are surrounded by a great group of supporting characters, including Jeff and the pub quiz team, and they are all really well developed and fit seamlessly into the story. The plot of We Solve Murders is complex and it did keep me on my toes for most of the novel. However, the characters are constantly on the move (much to Steve's displeasure) and the chapters are quite short, so this creates a really fast pace to the novel that makes it really easy to read. There is a sense of danger that runs through the story and the intrigue kept me fully invested right until the end. The ending sets us up brilliantly for a sequel, and indeed a long running series, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what happens next!
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I found myself writing down who was who for first few chapters as there are a lot of characters but it keeps you gripped to the very end . A really compelling read still trying to guess who Rosie is based on, to me it's a hybrid of the Collins sisters Joan and the late Jackie. The Thursday Murder Club joins the international Jet Set , thoroughly recommend it.
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I really enjoyed this book a lot. The characters were very well done, they were all interesting and the author has an amazing way of writing them with getting the humor just right. The story was fun, clever, and gave you a warm feeling. Every page of this book was a pleasure and I look forward to reading the next one in the series.
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This series promises to be just as entertaining as the last one for this author! He has an incredible way of making murder and mayhem somehow amusing and entertaining. The characters are so vividly written that I can see and hear them in my mind at first meeting. This author is truly gifted. Never a dull moment.
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Não achei tão bom como os outros livros anteriores.
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More please. I am totally addicted. Funny, witty, very tongue in cheek, extremely intriguing plot - escapism at its best
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After reading and enjoying the thursday murder club, I wasn't quite sure how successful it would be to create an entire new serie of characters that I would enjoy as much but Richard Osman can clearly excel at it because we solve murders has me hooked and I cannot wait for the next one!
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