Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

No Início, Eram Dez by Agatha Christie

55 reviews

faygof9's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Great book, way better than Murder on the Orient Express and I wish I had read it first. The movie Clue is likely somewhat based on this story as it reminded me of it often. I read the beginning on ebook as I had a hard time keeping the characters straight on audio, then switched between them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Antisemitism, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lefthandedmatt's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

I went into this expecting a difficult read given its age. Other books I've read from the 1930s have been struggles given the aged writing styles. But surprisingly, this is a breeze. Christie's writing is conversational and easy to digest. It doesn't rely on flowery descriptions or confusing language.

On the flip side, her writing also isn't particularly... good. It's plain and often overly simplified. Characters have the barest of personalities. Most dialogue follows a pattern of "x said angrily: 'That makes me angry!' y said suspiciously 'This is very suspicious'."

But it works! The story is completely engrossing and has a fantastic central mystery. It kept me coming back and is clearly the inspiration for an entire subgenre of "murders in an isolated mansion" stories. I'm quite eager to explore more of Christie's tales.

I came pretty close to guessing who the killer was, but it caught me by surprise!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Car accident, and Alcohol

tarynlannister's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Racism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

reiashvs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, and Antisemitism

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

_marinarasauce's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

loveddddd it, it is very formal and outdated language. edit: I thought the letter in the bottle was a sneek peak of a different book and almost didn’t read it. THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny and Antisemitism

hannah_cook's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

zutara123's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

techigeekchic's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Oh. My. GOD.

I understand now why this is Agatha Christie's most famous work, because holy shit. She took a simple premise -- ten shady strangers stranded on an island, each one systematically murdered according to a children's rhyme -- and somehow managed to leave my mind reeling to catch up!

Kudos to the Queen of Mystery. I was genuinely baffled by the whodunnit and even more baffled by the outcome of it. Can't wait to read more from her!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

tenebrixx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

If you like any of Agatha Christie's previous work you'll love this. Moderately fast-paced (as in it does not hesitate to dive into the action as soon as the introductions are done) it's an easy read best enjoyed in one go with well written characters that feel real. As an added bonus it's also one of the few Agatha Christie novels you can successfully guess the killer/killers for by using the clues given in the text.   

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Suicide

Minor: Child death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail