Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie

18 reviews

bug_not_a_feature's review

adventurous funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: War

katy_bee's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A solid Poirot story, a well to do, toxic family in a Christmas setting. Some unexpected twists in the tale, as ever with Christie. Exactly what I expected and wanted

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: Classism and Misogyny

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism, Classism, and War

singalana's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

Kirjan asetelma on hyvin perinteinen: iäkäs miljonääri kutsuu joukon sukulaisia joulunviettoon ja sitten tapahtuu murha. Paikalle saapuu myös Hercule Poirot, joka alkaa ratkoa tapausta. Jokaisella on jotain salattavaa, ja moni henkilöistä pyrkii harhauttamaan tutkintaa säilyttääkseen salaisuutensa.

Mielestäni kirja ei ole Christien parhaita. Lieneekö kyse tämän painoksen vai alkuperäisteoksen formatoinnista, mutta teksti on ärsyttävän katkonaista. Perspektiivi tuntuu hyppivän päästä toiseen, ja muutenkin teksti on hyvin dialogipainotteista. Loppuratkaisussa on Christielle tyypillisesti useita käänteitä. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Infidelity

ekevka's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Sexism, Misogyny, Infidelity, Racism, Classism, and Death of parent

fyre_flies's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

Minor: War

renyoi's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense fast-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

3.0

Knives Out but, like, 30% less compelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Incest

Story features two characters, Harry and Stephen, who are around 40, flirting with and making suggestive comments about Pilar, who is a ~20s girl. Harry is her uncle

until the end of the book when it is revealed that Pilar was lying about who she was, after which Harry comments that he is glad he isn’t her uncle anymore. Ugh

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junowo's review

funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

This book was fun to read, but it lacked the follow through I was hoping for in a mystery novel of this type. Also, not the most Christmas-y, if that’s what you’re hoping for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, and Murder

m4rtt4's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

3.5

A classic Poirot mystery. The ending was totally unpredictable as usual, never in my small brain did I even consider that an option!! I wish the book had had more christmassy vibes, but it was a nice read nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

alexisgarcia's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

this was one of the more predictable Agatha Christie’s novels but i still really enjoyed the twists and turns and the christmas vibes were perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Stalking, and Violence