Reviews tagging 'Child death'

No Início, Eram Dez by Agatha Christie

206 reviews

kitkat_reads93's review against another edition

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

2.0

I would’ve given this a solid 3.5 until I looked into it’s racist history. It’s an okay mystery, but I regret reading it after finding out it’s original title. If you’re considering reading this, please look into the book’s history so that you can choose not to read it or read it with that information in mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Gun violence, Death, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, and Colonisation

seanml's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

A fun and very quick whodunnit. No character acted dumb given the circumstances, and it did not overstay its welcome. I didn't solve it! 8/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol, Murder, Death, Confinement, and Suicide

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Gun violence, Medical content, Infidelity, and Racial slurs

heartofhorrors's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, and Murder

Minor: Child death and War

talia1353's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

Minor: Child death

qu1ncy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Confinement, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide, Child death, and Car accident

lunar_witch's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, War, Suicide, Racism, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

kcarney86's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Gun violence

lalu's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Wow. This was quite something! I couldn't help myself but read the second half in one sitting. 

Ten people are invited to "Soldier Island" under different pretences. It turns out that each one caused the death of someone in a way that was untouchable by law.

One after another they all die.

Here are some of the guesses/suspicions I had while reading. None of them were correct.

When Mr Rogers was seen outside and very shortly afterwards was seen in the attic, I thought he might have a twin or doppelganger. 
The way Ms Brent wrote in her diary and also went outside on her own... Very suspicious! 
When the last five sat in the drawing room and we could read each ones thoughts I thought the last one was Blore and therfore suspected him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Child death, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Misogyny, and War

Minor: Religious bigotry, Infidelity, and Alcoholism

allyjshand's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Kept me guessing right until the end, with one hell of a plot twist. So fast-paced, the pages flew by. Top-tier Christie.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Death

Minor: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Suicide

swskorupa1's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely loved this. So unpredictable and a fun, spooky read. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Sexual content, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Car accident, and Classism