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jxlastone's review against another edition
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
jdcorley's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
While you can argue over which is the quintessential Poirot and narrow it down to a few contenders, the field is smaller for Marple. This one is an exquisitely observed and extremely pointed satire of what it is to be quintessentially "English"; Bertram's Hotel intentionally outfits itself with every bit of "proper English" hotel life, and, in the second chapter, we learn that, very probably, it's all there to disguise a sinister, murderous international crime syndicate. Marple's job, as always, is to look past the Englishness and point out that actually, someone got murdered, so perhaps we need to take into account that everyone being so nice and polite and the muffins being so buttery and delicious isn't the full story of what's happening here. If you want a book that explains exactly what Christie really thinks of Englishness, it's this book - it's all fucking fake.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide and Murder
typedtruths's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-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
2.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Car accident, Abandonment, Dementia, and Gun violence
Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
➸ Trigger warnings for parental abandonment and estrangement, bigamy, memory loss (implied dementia, amnesia due to head injury), physical injury (concussion), death of a mother from suicide by car accident (off-page), murder by gun violence, and discussions of a car accident.poirot's review against another edition
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
3.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Car accident, Murder, and Suicide
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
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