Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

37 reviews

kirstencholewa's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Child death, Suicide, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Gaslighting

hcwarn's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Infidelity

Moderate: Pregnancy and Rape

bessadams's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Racism, Car accident, Rape, Death, Infertility, Pregnancy, Murder, Grief, Classism, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Death of parent, War, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Child death, and Animal death

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

I’ve always been more interested in Agatha Christie’s real life than her amazing stories. I love the mystery that no one can figure out, and this novel fills in all the gaps in such a mysterious and satisfying way. There is so much love in this book, all wrapped up in mystery and deception. I really enjoyed it, and would like to hope the real life mystery was a lot like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Murder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, War, and Suicide

_alyssar_'s review

emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Rape, Terminal illness, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Classism, Domestic abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Car accident, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

heather_freshparchment's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Pandemic/Epidemic

georginathelibrarian's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This really would have been better entirely separate from Agatha Christie, it was a strong enough story on its own, and the link to Christie’s disappearance just felt incredibly tenuous and unnecessary 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Slavery, Sexual assault, Child death, and Kidnapping

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

amhadley's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I love a morally ambiguous narrator (to the point where you're questioning their reliability!) and some 4th wall breaking. This book gripped my attention from the jump and didn't let me go until I finished. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Suicide

siobhanward's review

mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.0

 Reese's Book Club Pick 58/68

This really just reinforces that Reese and I do not have the same taste in books. Another 2* book club pick. I'm kind of over fiction about real people - maybe it can stay in the fanfic world where it belongs.

I'm not sure what de Gramont was trying to achieve with this - was I supposed to like Agatha Christie more because suddenly she's more sympathetic? Was I supposed to hate Nan? I have no idea. Not only was this book totally impossible, I couldn't stand Nan. I understand why she was doing what she was doing, sure, but it did not make me care for her at all. I know this was a work of fiction but it was totally unbelievable and the only person I cared about was Agatha - and she felt mostly like a secondary character the entire time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Infertility