Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

49 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

alexklinect's review

lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5 stars… Interesting, but unnecessarily long. I found the story wasn’t as redemptive as I had hoped. Lots of back and forth and perspective shifts in the timeline. Be aware that there is sexual content and abuse portrayed, though nothing explicit.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide and War

ez2amuz's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

A little bit weird and unrealistic, but if you could surrender some reality it was a really creative take on real events.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Murder, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

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

hannah_steven's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Pregnancy, Death, Sexual assault, War, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

decembermagpie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

amy_park's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.5

I have been wanting to read this since it was published, and to be honest I was a little dissapointed. The premise was fantastic! A fictional depiction of Agatha Christie's dissaperance from the perspective of her husband's mistress, however it fell short for me. I thought the pacing was off and saw the first twist coming pretty early (slightly spoiled by the reviews at the front of the novel to be honest). The narration was off puting as it spoiled the ending from quite early in the novel.
That being said the novel was enjoyable, it touched on many subjects and I felt the parts that commented on the 'place' of women in the 1920s was insightful and I'm glad the author commented on this as it usually is assumed that women were very passive in this era, which is not the case. The second twist was REALLY good, I didn't see it coming and enjoyed the reveal very much.
Overall it was enjoyable but probably won't pick up another from the author in the future, dependent on an interesting premise!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Death

kathryn_fletcher's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Violence

khayes694's review

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Suicide, War, and Murder