Reviews tagging 'Death'

Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie

16 reviews

poirot's review

mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Domestic abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Bullying, Racism, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny and Gun violence

Minor: Fatphobia and Death of parent

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

The story is excellently elaborate. The plots are well written and placed. I enjoyed the style of writing and storytelling a lot. The pace of writing was nicely quick and the book was read well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide, Racism, Racial slurs, and Forced institutionalization

janeeyre8's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder, Death, Antisemitism, and Racism

exlibrissum's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Murder, Death of parent, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

heathersbookjarjourney's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 Agatha Christie demonstrates once again why she is the queen of crime, a brilliantly written story that, whilst low on the twists is filled to the brim with diverse and great characters. The reveal is done with her usual flair and I still enjoyed the ride with Poirot. Still one of my favs 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Death

mandkips's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Emotional abuse