Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie

10 reviews

sop17hie's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

I didn't even suspect

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: War and Xenophobia

sleepy_stardust's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

Minor: Incest

ekevka's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Sexism, Misogyny, Infidelity, Racism, Classism, and Death of parent

fyre_flies's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

Minor: War

renyoi's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

Knives Out but, like, 30% less compelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Incest

Story features two characters, Harry and Stephen, who are around 40, flirting with and making suggestive comments about Pilar, who is a ~20s girl. Harry is her uncle

until the end of the book when it is revealed that Pilar was lying about who she was, after which Harry comments that he is glad he isn’t her uncle anymore. Ugh

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charliebella's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Racism, and Blood

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT  I KNEW IT 
AGATHA YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest, Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Xenophobia

exlibrissum's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Blood

Minor: Xenophobia

mercedes's review against another edition

3.5

I enjoyed this so much!

I was sceptical at first, because at the start it was fairly slow moving, and for a while there you wouldn't have even known that Poirot existed in the same universe that the book took place. However, once the pace sped up slightly, I settled back into a familiar rhythm reminiscent from Murder on the Orient Express of non-stop thrilling intrigue. 

One thing I like from the two Agatha Christie's I've read so far is that each and every character, no matter how minor, is full of personality, even in a short book like this. It's so easy to become invested in the lives of the characters, even if they're not necessarily likeable, because of this. 

Not only did the mystery keep me on my toes, but this book felt so cosy and warm, despite the gruesome details. Agatha Christie actually wrote this book in response to a complaint from her brother in law about her murders not featuring enough blood, and blood is definitely the emphasis in this story.

I'm excited to read more in the Hercule Poirot series, and also to read more of Christie's works in general. I could hardly put this down, I wanted to stay with this story for a good 500 more pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Xenophobia

josie24601's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, and War