Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Nemesis by Agatha Christie

14 reviews

carolineloveswombats's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

bessadams's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Murder

fyre_flies's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Xenophobia, and Rape

es1265's review against another edition

mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.5

The plot bored me a lot ngl and there was a lot of stuff in there

in particular how sexual assault victims were portrayed

which rubbed me the wrong way 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Ableism

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Sexism, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Grief, and Misogyny

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Miss Marple is a cute, endearing old lady detective for sure, but I do tend to find her stories a bit slow paced and old fashioned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

trekkifulshay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, and Sexism

readingelli's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Ableism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

juliethebookcat's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

Way, Way, waaaaaay too long. So many repetitions of everything that has happened. Like we get told the story, then Marple repeats it to someone, and then later on we get the version from another person, and the last sequence is just the whole plot retold.

Also: Serious victim blaming, slut shaming, and misogyny. I know this book is set in another time, but this was so bad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Violence

mary_juleyre's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Suicide, and Mental illness

Minor: Racism

hkburke2's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I see why people don't like this one - definitely read the content warnings or other reviews for more on that. But it's helped me read a book in a stressful time and I found it both familiar (for Marple) and surprising (for the way the mystery was presented). I also liked that there was a slight connection to the Caribbean mystery one and more references to other characters in this universe. (But I am still laughing about MM's description of women as "less accurate" than men!)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Murder, Rape, and Sexism