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The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

32 reviews

keb3's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

Some very dubious comments about race in this book, partially set in South Africa and what was Rhodesia. However, it is from nearly 100 years ago.

I found the female characters particularly fun, even if they didn’t del very three-dimensional. Love a strong female protagonist! However, I didn’t find the mystery particularly compelling - OK, but not my favourite Christie - and the romance was especially forced.

A quick, easy read for my Agatha Christie reading challenge for 2022.

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sunny_not's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

3.5

The book started off so fun, it was almost like watching an action movie. However due to its racism and misogyny and the weird Tarzan-Jane like dynamic between the main couple I couldn't enjoy this fully.

Also Anne saying that the killer is nice???? What???? She had some serious issues. I also felt like the whole "I'm not Lucas I'm Harry" thing was pointless.

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jupiter2932's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? No

3.5

Note--aside from the racism & colonialism regular in British lit of the era, uses the G slur for Traveller people as a nickname for a character.

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amsu's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

One of the ones where I actually had at least partially solved the mystery.Now I feel like a genius :).
However be aware: Very big themes of colonialism, racism, exoticism...which is why I really can not rate this book any higher! Also the romance was a bit abrupt and went from 0 to 100% rather quickly

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alaharon123's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

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

4.5

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jnichols's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted 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? No

3.75

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for_esme_with_love's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

It got off to a strong start - intriguing heroine and mystery - but the severe anti-Blackness during the portion of the book that takes place in South Africa is pretty upsetting. I think this one should stay in the vaults.

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