Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

28 reviews

odrib's review against another edition

funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Murder, Suicide, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Antisemitism

thealienamongus's review

dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction

kjm_x's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

mrkdk's review

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Infidelity and Suicide

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Grief, and Toxic relationship

velarin's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.5

So the rating was supposed to be much lower because the book, even though still entertaining, drags a little at times. 

BUT

The ending. It's brilliant. She did it. I expected just another murder mystery, like so many I've read before, but Christie got me once again. Chapeau bas!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Suicide

rohzie's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse

for_esme_with_love's review against another edition

funny mysterious relaxing 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? Yes

This was a great quick read to get me out of my reading slump. The characters are great (I especially love the narrator's nosy sister) and the plot twist at the end was unexpected. This one didn't floor me as much as The Murder on the Orient Express or And Then There Were None, but definitely up there with Christie's better murderer reveals. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Drug use, Medical content, and Murder

hanz's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Definitely better than the other Poirot I've read. And the ending made me want to read it again sometime, to see all the pieces coming together! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse