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hermithebs's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Car accident, Death, Pregnancy, and Child death
Minor: War
lemonmeringuepie's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, and Child death
archaicrobin's review against another edition
- 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
1.5
This novel attempts to explain why Agatha left, what she was doing, and why she came back. Told from the perspective of her husband’s mistress, The Christie Affair tries to humanize the other woman and explain why she’s breaking up the Christie marriage. The vibes were great, the writing was great, and it touched on the abuses that occurred in Ireland around the early 1920s but despite all these amazing things the book was just so dull to me.
The twist that people rave about was dumb in my opinion and while I love reading about this time period, the story was just too slow to keep me interested. I had to switch the audiobook to twice the speed just to finish it.
The Christie Affair was another Reese’s book club pick that fell short for me. If you’re a huge Agatha Christie fan or really like king drawn out time period dramas with very little mystery this one might interest you, but for me it was a let down.
Graphic: Classism, Death, Misogyny, Murder, and Pregnancy
highladymagnus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Child death
Moderate: War
linguaphile412's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Pregnancy, Child death, Murder, Miscarriage, Death, Infidelity, and Sexual content
katieimre's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Pregnancy and Miscarriage
Minor: War
jessgreads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Abandonment, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Alcohol, Bullying, and Confinement
vixenreader's review
- 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
2.5
Graphic: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and War
Minor: Racism
There is starvation and emotional abuse of young woman at the hand of religious figures.roden5's review
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Rape
fanchera's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Pregnancy, Child death, Murder, Sexual violence, Infidelity, and Religious bigotry