Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

7 reviews

scottyreadsstuff's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

Well this was a lot of fun! This installment had a different structure than the typical Agatha Christie novel. The A.B.C Murders proved that my brain is indeed small, because I almost believed the obvious red herring set up throughout most of the novel 😅 This particular culprit was in the back of my mind but I wrote them off for some reason, I should’ve stuck with it lol! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Mental illness

heini's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Mental illness, and Infidelity

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

simply_fran's review

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Mental illness

Moderate: Xenophobia and Alcoholism

Minor: Emotional abuse

mary_juleyre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Mental illness

emmaward55's review against another edition

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

4.5

This is the second Hercule Poirot book I've read and I've got to hand it to Agatha Christie, she is a marvelous storyteller. It's funny to read tropes that she had a big part in popularizing and to think of them as cliched because you've first come across all the works inspired by her, but I think that happened here. I don't know why this wasn't a five star read for me, but it could have been. 

I love everything about Poirot as a character, and his dedication to his craft and his desire to retire and just garden is honestly so relatable. I too like to dye my hair and wind up policemen and call things "queer".

Time for the next mystery!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Violence

Minor: War, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Stalking, Alcohol, Infidelity, and Cancer

Mental illness: A character has anxiety and epileptic fits. Domestic abuse: Mentions of a m/f relationship where both verbally abused each other. Also another man is extremely jealous and temperamental about his female partner. We never see any of this explicitly on the page.

mrkdk's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, and Murder

Minor: Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Homophobia, Blood, and Alcoholism