Reviews tagging 'Blood'

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

80 reviews

maralyn2215's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

There is a lot of murder and suicide talk

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexism, Suicide, and Gun violence

Minor: Blood, Gore, and Medical content

Don't read this book if you hate reading horror/murder mystery

kwichris's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

For as much as I enjoy older literature, I can't believe it took me this long to read Agatha Christie! She truly is in a class above the rest in making murder mysteries that truly keep you guessing. It's easy to see how later films, shows, and books have used this novel in particular as a framework (i.e. the movie Clue opens and has very similar scenes in the beginning for instance). While I did find the story captivating and thrilling to read through, there were a few things I took issue with. I've always disliked when authors insert obscure or rarely used words despite the rest of their writing being wholly different in tone and style (i.e. Christie uses "verisimilitude" for instance as something a character says, which even an educated person would probably have used other verbiage in this time/setting). I also dislike when an author continuously uses ONE adjective repeatedly for EVERYTHING. Christie does this with the word "queer" (the older version of the word mind you), and she makes every character say or think practically everything is "queer." There are dozens of other words that she could've used to broaden the diction of her characters and world, but, alas, it's the one she stuck with until the very end. Overall, I did quite enjoy the story and the surprise at the end, demonstrating her aptitude for mystery writing that is hard to match, and I do recommend it to anyone considering it. Now, to check out some other Christie novels and see what other mysteries she has in store!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Grief, Blood, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, and Sexism

blackferrum's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Kesepulun orang dengan latar belakang berbeda diundang ke sebuah pulau pribadi. Tujuan awal berlibur secara cuma-cuma justru memakan korban. Ketika satu per satu korban berjatuhan, mereka harus segera mencari pelaku yang bersembunyi di pulau. Akan tetapi, kenyataannya, mereka hanya bersepuluh, pulau itu gundul (tidak punya spot untuk bersembunyi), dan berarti hanya satu; salah satu dari mereka adalah pelaku.

Aku ingat baru ini buku AC yang aku baca. Awalnya agak ganjal karena gaya berceritanya yang kelewat cepat. Dialog aksinya juga kurang, terus nggak jarang ada adegan yang tiba-tiba. Kayak jatuhnya korban pertama, beneran nggak notis kalau "permainan" udah dimulai. Tapi ya, emang bagus banget buku ini. Misteri pembunuhan yang selesai tanpa ada detektif. Yah, selayaknya kita kalau ketemu sama kasus yang dianggap misterius.

Karakter di sini banyak dan kalau nggak dikasih embel-embel ini si jenderal, ini si mantan inspektur, ini dokter kayaknya nggak bakal ingat satu per satu, walaupun di bagian awal emang udah dijelasin latar belakangnya dikit.

Oh iya, di sini pakai sajak 10 Anak Indian dan itu pintar banget, sih, gimana nyusun idenya. Emang udah curiga pelakunya satu dari 10 orang itu, tapi lama-lama sempat mikir juga kalau ini ada campur tangan hantu dan mustahil banget karena genrenya bukan horor, please. 😭

Dulu beberapa bookfluencer sebut buku ini as one of their favorite from AC dan aku setuju!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Blood

foramen_magnum's review

dark 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

3.5

Agatha Christie at some of her most genre defining -- you know all along that there's some trick, but without a Belgian detective to point it out to you, you go through the whole book not entirely sure what it could be. 

A group of seemingly random people are invited to a mysterious island for various reasons. Quickly, they realize they all have a secret that has led to their invitation.... And may lead to their deaths, as dictated by an eerie children's rhyme. What's worse, the killer seems to be among them-- but who? Will they figure out whodunnit in time for anyone to escape the Island? 

This was a quick read and, as Christie always is, was good fun that leaves a slight tingle up your spine. None of the characters are at all likeable (and those that verge on being so don't fare very well), and the ending is a bit of a twist for twist's sake, but this one is worth the read to understand the way modern mystery thrillers were shaped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood, Animal death, Addiction, Mental illness, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Confinement

nolongerhuman_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Confinement, Alcohol, and Grief

Minor: Stalking, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Child death

abicaro17's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book! I did guess the murderer early in the book but I couldn't have predicted the twist. A short and enjoyed read although a tad slow in places. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Alcohol, Body horror, Car accident, Classism, Gun violence, Medical content, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child death, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Drug use, Gaslighting, Murder, Gore, Infidelity, and Mental illness

leosaki'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Whoever invented Saw read this and was like I can make it worse
There's a character who's racist as fuck and would k!ll a child if it came down to it, but they'd draw the line at throwing out a woman bc she got pregnant unwed which is kind of a wild way to have morals

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Child death, Alcohol, Murder, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

maralyn2215's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

If you don't like 💀, don't read this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Suicide

kemrick19's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Racism, Suicide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, and Self harm

paeten_'s review

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Infidelity, Child death, and Car accident