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Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

18 reviews

24carrotgay's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

agatha christie is a genius. i had seen the movie a couple of years ago and loved it, but the book was still an emotional mystery with twists and turns in every direction. this was my first poirot book, and certainly not my last!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Child death, Kidnapping, Death, Miscarriage, and Suicide

leosaki's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Hercule Poirot, stop thirsting over your murder suspects challenge (impossible)
Also congrats to Agatha Christie for having a more diverse cast and progressive storytelling IN THE 30S than almost anything until like 5 years ago

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicide, Grief, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Violence, and Child death

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Child death, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Miscarriage, and Racism

lilacs_book_bower's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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? No

4.25

Perhaps I am selling the book short with a 4.25 star rating, because it really is fantastic, and I remember how shocked I was the first time I read it.  But reading it now, there are several times where the characters sort of mockingly say the answer, like, well, it couldn't be X... I feel sure more astute readers probably can guess the answer.  It was probably a pretty surprising revelation when the book was new however.  The book always makes me very sad for little Daisy Armstrong and her family (especially knowing it is based on a real life kidnapping).  In any case, this is still one of Christie's best books.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Kidnapping, and Miscarriage

silver_valkyrie_reads's review

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

 Book nineteen of my personal read through of Agatha Christie in (American) publication order.

 I wasn't sure how this would hold up when I've watched the movie recently enough to know the main twist from the very beginning, but this story was in fact, still fantastic. (Maybe the audio book and having a great narrator actually  helped with this?) The characters are all interesting regardless of the outcome of the story, and there were one or two small details about the resolution I'd forgotten, so I still enjoyed those reveals. 

 Some of the more lauded Agatha Christie novels I think are not among her best works, but in this case, the book deserves every bit of fame it has. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Child death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Miscarriage and Suicide

frantically's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Holds up to the test of time! A quick and engaging read and I loved all the twists and reveals 👀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Miscarriage

Minor: Alcoholism

egmamaril's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping and Child death

Minor: Miscarriage

amandas_bookshelf's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Gore, Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child death, Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Classism

headachesince03's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, Child death, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Torture

Minor: War

shieldbearer's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

A very well constructed mystery that still packs a punch even when you know the "solution". I thought Christie did an excellent job laying out how Poirot figured out that

all of the inhabitants of the train car were connected

- groundwork that's laid as early as the first chapter and with quite a payoff. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, and Miscarriage

Minor: Racism and Islamophobia