Reviews tagging 'Death'

The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

21 reviews

andrealinia's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

yasaman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Dementia

eloise__'s review against another edition

mysterious

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

4.5

oooooooo that was good i feel quite silly now

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, Blood, and Murder

literarydais's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

bookthief's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Agatha Christie has done it once again. She has written a brilliant murder mystery that has kept me hooked from the beginning.

The murders were very cleverly thought out, by going through the alphabet through names and places. I thought that was very clever and it’s the first time I’ve come across anything like it.

Hercule Poirot was, once again, solved a very complex mystery that was delivered on his door step (literally). He was very methodical in trying to work out who the murderer was. He kept many secrets in the dark about the case, which were unexpected.

I did not expect Franklin Clarke to be the murderer at all. Agatha Christie led us readers on to believe it was innocent Mr Crust. And I have to say I did believe it was Mr Crust.

At the beginning of the book, I felt quite overwhelmed by the amount of characters that had suddenly appeared, and it took me a while to figure out who was related to which murder, who believed in what, etc.

The writing of this book is very simple and easy to read along with, and it’s a great book to start reading murder mysteries. I would 100% recommend reading this book, as it’s a short book that can be classified as a standalone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Terminal illness, Stalking, Cancer, and Suicide attempt

thumbeleia's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Death, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Racism, Violence, Stalking, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

ximevillarejo's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Grief, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Death

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.0

The story is perfectly written and pointed, the twists and turns of the storyline are well placed.  I enjoyed reading this book, but it took me a while to get used to the difference between the book and the tv series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia, Cancer, and Chronic illness

Minor: Alcoholism and Suicide attempt

chiaraaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Xenophobia

rex_b20's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I know lots of people love this one but it was just meh. I literally had forgotten that the actual murder was even a character at all, so the ending didn’t have the wow effect as her other books. The atmosphere and ways the murders were committed was actually really creepy!!

Ranking:

1. Death on the Nile 🌴
2. And Then There Were None 💀
3. A.B.C Murders 🔤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death