Reviews tagging 'War'

The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

41 reviews

kstep0's review

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: War

Minor: Racism

yagorlreggie's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, War, and Rape

passionatereader78's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

What a twisted tale of love! What does a woman do when her husband leaves her for his mistress? She disappears and uncovers a horrible past act that has impacted her future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Death, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Trafficking, War, Sexual violence, and Torture

katymat18's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

Minor: War

agirlnamedellie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

This was my first read for my book club. Found the fist 2/3rds of the book a nice read but not enthralling , however, I loved the last third of the book. I didn't see the plot twist coming so found that once it was revealed the pace really picked up for me. Found the story interesting as I didn't know about Agatha Christie's disappearance and I think it did a good job at portraying the beliefs and stigmas present at the time of the incident. At the beginning I didn't like the character of Nan, however, finding out about her backstory made me understand her reasons behind her behaviour and actions, actually finding me slightly warm to her at the end of the novel despite her choices.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death and Murder

Minor: War

fabs2510's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Infidelity

Moderate: War, Rape, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Self harm

Minor: Infertility, Death of parent, and Death

raemow's review

mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, War, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide, Rape, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Murder

edhyndman's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, Child death, and Child abuse

frantically's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This would've been so much more fun without Agatha Christie. Sorry. Nan's story was so well-written and just deserved its own place, especially in this climate, where we're more openly talking about the horrible things that have happened due to organized religion. The "historical" details of what happened to the Christies always took me out the story and didn't really fit within the plot, in my opinion. I got really into it at the end but the writing was a bit confusing at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, War, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Abandonment

noblelandmermaid's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Child death, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: War