Reviews

Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie

afender's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

kina_tan's review against another edition

This is the first EVER Poirot book that I dnf. I don't mind slow start but I can't stand that b*tch sarah king. I am very confident that ms christie had an immense hatred towards her own sex & flagrant case of internalised misogyny that almost every female characters she wrote were infuriating. God, sarah king is just as b*tchy as that narrator nurse in murder in mesopotamia. Gosh.

To all women authors out there, you simply can't write your female characters to be extremely annoying (that even if the gender is reverse will still be as revolting) & then cry misogyny when your readers hate it. Write better, hun.

amlewi8's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

221bpinkst's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Murder

grayraincurtain's review against another edition

mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

3.5

ellenarcher22's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

irishejm's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Interesting characters but I didn't really care for how the mystery resolved. This is one of the ones where Christie's upper class Britishness is really apparent.

sunny_not's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The topic was quite interesting and the reveal was really intriguing

I thought that Ginevra would be the killer but it was the random lady. That was a bit meh since it felt like Agatha Christie had to choose a killer and didn't want to sacrifice the characters that she liked. Still I'm happy that Nadine and Lennox ended up happily and I'm also happy for Sarah and Raymond

As always this book was also quite racist and also the way they treated older people who were fatter was so disgusting. So keep that in mind. It was still fun and I read it in one sitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Racism

aoifemcevoy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

pavs1d's review against another edition

emotional mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Incredible mystery and very very fast paced ! Definitely tied with cards on the table for my favourite Agatha Christie read