This book left me feeling a bit conflicted. It was very good, but thinking about death makes me feel very uncomfortable. As does the thought of losing cognitive function. I just feel like my thoughts will go into a bad, existential negative spiral if I contemplate it too long. The way the author showed the time of death from the victim’s point of view was very unsettling. The way Joyce recalled her friends now no longer of this world was heartwrenching.
I think after Joyce finally let go and cried I started feeling better about it all. It was cathartic for me as the reader too.
Once I was in a better frame of mindI was able to properly appreciate all the great things about this book:
- Bogart was awesome. So pragmatic and straightforward.
- It was also sweet reading Joyce’s thoughts about Joanne.
- The balance between the police and the Thursday Murder Club was well done.
- I am curious if Karen and Jason get together after that amazing first date 🤣
To be honest I spent most of the book eagerly waiting for it to end thinking I wouldn’t read anymore in the series, but by the end I felt more positive about it all. Afterall, as Joanne put it, it’s about living and the Thursday Murder Club are doing just that. So I probably would read another but I’m not sure if I could take it if anything happened to the main cast or Stephen ðŸ˜
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