Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Hickory Dickory Death by Agatha Christie

22 reviews

kaislea's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Fatphobia and Sexism

lizpaul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

markedwithanm's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Racism, and Racial slurs

el90's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, and Suicide

phantomgecko's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This is one of the racist ones. Overtly.

The mystery was interesting enough but not anything special.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

booksare42's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

 I have mixed feelings about this one. I loved the mystery and I thought Poirot was presented with a unique and interesting problem. At times though, it felt like there was too much going on. This one had a lot of characters in it, a few of them were developed but a lot were barely mentioned and mostly just in the background. The language used to describe some of the international students did not age well and some comments and stereotypes were racist. This book also did not have enough of Poirot in it and a lot of the story was conversations between the students. Overall, this was an enjoyable read, but not the most shocking or memorable Christie mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism

poirot's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Xenophobia, Death, Racism, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Mental illness, Addiction, Suicide, and Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent

kontresia's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

the_procrastinating_ace's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

adyn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I really like Agatha Christie, so I liked this book. But it's not my favorite of hers. Weirdly kind of racist in the characterization of people of color (one character in particular), so that made it a bit worse than usual.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Racism