Who was your favorite character, and why?

Book Clubs I'm Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home
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Who was your favorite character, and why?

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Carol was my favorite. She seemed more sensible and calm and cool to me . Shrewd maybe. I just liked her the most,lol

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My favorite character was Carol. She’s fiesty, funny and smart, plus she’s a serial killer. What’s not to love!

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Loved them all. A great ensemble ripe for a tb tv movie.

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In the beginning I definitely liked Carol the best until they found her journals and then I was like :eyes: . Overall, Margaret was my favorite and someone I could visualize as a real person that I would want to go get a cake and coffee with. I definitely did not like Geoffrey or Catherine (at the end).

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Carol was my favorite. I liked how she balanced intelligence and sharp instincts with a real tenderness underneath. At heart, she just wanted a normal life — friendship, connection, and a place to belong — which made her feel very human to me. I really liked Margaret as well for the same reasons,

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Definitely Carol for all the stated reasons-but Laura is a close second as she struggles with an annoying partner in a “good ol’ boys” club.

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Those two were the ladies with whom I’d enjoy spending time.

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I liked the variety of characters and how each one played their role. I could visualize Margaret, and not so much Carol.

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I also loved all the characters. They each had their own idiosyncrasies, being equally annoying and charming. But my favorite character was Carol. I was rooting for her from the beginning, and she was great until the very end.

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I like Margaret a lot but her portrayal sometimes feels inconsistent. She swings from very capable to meek and naive. But I love that she always wanted dessert. That’s exactly the old lady I’m going to be!

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Polly…not only did she have the ‘recipe’ for writing mysteries (made me laugh out loud), but

unobtrusively sat and knitted while getting ‘high’…she was a great addition that really was not

at all needed to move the story along.

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I liked them all, probably Geoffrey the least (but then weren’t we supposed to like him least?). Carol’s diaries were a little bizarre/frightening, but she was still a great character.

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Loved Carol. For a serial killer she seemed to be the most sensible, and cool, calm and collected. All of the characters were well crafted and I would really like to see them in a movie soon.

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I loved all the quirky characters in this book, but I think that Carol was my favorite. She was inquisitive, smart, and interesting.

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Like many others, I liked Carol the best. She was treated very poorly by her so-called “friends” once they discovered her past. I’m sure that’s a real problem for people who have served time. It’s unfair and shows the biases we all have (some much more than others). But I think Carol handled it with poise and grace. I really did not like Geoffrey. Ugh! Reminded me of some old men I’ve known.

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The simple hobbyist, Carol, arriving at Sheldon Oaks, straight from prison.

Also, I loved the worry we all share Carol has about being “liked,” though most of us don’t worry that it is because new acquaintances have found out our history as a serial killer.