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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie
11 reviews
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
oh my fucking god. this was SO GOOD what the hell. i fought for my life to get into this one (my fault, not the book's fault) and then that last 20% was exhilarating.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide
Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Xenophobia, Murder
mysterious
fast-paced
I enjoyed this one more than I had expected to based on the opening. (I think part of that was getting used to Doctor Sheppard as narrator, and meeting a new cast of side characters.) As it turns out, though, I liked it probably as much as another other Poirot story I've read so far. There were a lot of distractions and misdirections, and many of the supporting characters grew on me over the course of the story. I feel like I should have seen the denouement coming, but I must confess that it took me by surprise.
One side note: there is the usual minor racism that I have come to expect in books of this era, but for some reason the Mahjong scene really rubbed me the wrong way.
One side note: there is the usual minor racism that I have come to expect in books of this era, but for some reason the Mahjong scene really rubbed me the wrong way.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Racism, Suicide
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use, Murder
Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is my first time reading Christie and it was surprisingly fun. I have been told that Agatha Christie disliked writing Hercule Poirot but I certainly didn't see any of that in the story. Poirot was surprisingly funny, the suspects sufficiently suspicious, the mystery was mysterious.
Despite knowing the twist (who doesn't at this point), reading along and trying to figure out the why, the how, and spotting the little hints was great fun.
The book loses .25 of a star for period typical stuff. There's some now known as offensive language used to describe neural-atypical people and people native to Africa. While I accept that the times were different and I don't think older books should be censored or re-edited for modern audiences I DO feel like a modern reader should see and recognize the problematic elements in a classic text.
Anyways, would recommend and would read another Agatha Christie.
Despite knowing the twist (who doesn't at this point), reading along and trying to figure out the why, the how, and spotting the little hints was great fun.
The book loses .25 of a star for period typical stuff. There's some now known as offensive language used to describe neural-atypical people and people native to Africa. While I accept that the times were different and I don't think older books should be censored or re-edited for modern audiences I DO feel like a modern reader should see and recognize the problematic elements in a classic text.
Anyways, would recommend and would read another Agatha Christie.
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism, Racism
a fun one to read when you know what's up
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Racism, Antisemitism
mysterious
medium-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
the twist wasn’t entirely surprising, but this was still an enjoyable read. i do love poirot
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Murder
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Suicide, Murder
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Classism
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Racism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Murder, Classism
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Another really fun Agatha Christie. Exactly what you'd expect: a fun, fast, engrossing mystery you can fly through
Content Warnings
Minor: Racism, Suicide
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-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
that was good. at first i suspected flora and blunt, and then slightly before the end i suspected the actual murderer, shepherd. i realised it was wierd that the book was written in first person when none of christie’s other books are. also, somewhere around page 230, poirot said something about all the suspects and shepherd was not one of them. that was interesting because i thought he would be an obvious suspect. i read this book because my mother guessed the ending when she was a child. i was on the verge of guessing it but didn’t. i did suspect him for a hot minute. also, the fact that the dictaphone read out the dead man’s voice was quite creepy! .
it’s not like her other murder books! wow
it’s not like her other murder books! wow
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism