Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

19 reviews

decembermagpie's review against another edition

adventurous informative lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Death, Gun violence, and Stalking

Minor: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Alcohol, Death of parent, Infidelity, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

kaneli's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Suicide, Death, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Stalking, Medical content, Blood, Murder, Racism, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Incest

lunep's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Alcoholism, Racism, Suicide, Sexism, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Misogyny

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Slavery

aidamaria_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The new film adaptation is as good as any to read this book and I really like the setting of the story. The crime was a little predictable, overall, save for some unexpected events following the murder. I have to admit it’s satisfying to have my suspicions confirmed by Hercule Poirot, but some bits were a bit weird to me (I guess real life people are perfectly capable of being rather odd or saying strange things, but still). ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (3.5 out of 5 stars) for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Cultural appropriation, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, Alcohol, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcoholism, Classism, Sexism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

allisonshewfelt's review

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

"They conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into the theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside." - Poirot (cough flat earthers cough)

This was the perfect cozy mystery! I love Hercule Poirot and I totally admire and respect him. I swear he knew who it was since the beginning like he had this all figured out and was just stretching it out to keep the suspense. I had my suspicions on everyone at some point in the book. Half of my suspicion was right but I didn't think it was true since that seemed too easy. But this was an addicting book that I devoured, like I've never wanted to stay up all night just to finish a book. The movie for this is going to be chaotic and I'm here for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Minor: Racism

dorsetreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Fatphobia, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Racism

unknown_reader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

Minor: Death and Death of parent

leighannebfd3b's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

racheltheduke's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Look at the moon up there. You see her very plainly, don't you? She's very real. But if the sun were to shine you wouldn't be able to see her at all. It was rather like that. I was the moon...

World renowned detective Hercule Poirot travels to the Nile on vacation but he won't find much rest on the pleasure cuise when a wealthy young socialite is murdered and everyone has a motive, some more compelling than others.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts