Reviews - The Secret Adversary

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The Secret Adversary

Agatha Christie

3.73 AVERAGE

mcdyligan's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Yes

My every first Agatha Christie book, ever. Brilliant!

kaylamatz's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hb_00's review against another edition

2.5

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

celery's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

melephant's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Yes

gigglewigglepanda's review against another edition

2.5

This was the very definition of 'meh'. Just ok. I really liked Tommy and Tuppence, but then they don't spend much time together due to circumstances, so that was a bummer.
I wasn't impressed with the 'villains' either. We're told that because of their behind-the-scenes actions the very country is on the brink of collapse and this document will tip things over into anarchy and revolution, bla bla. But as the plot progresses all the players seem to be bungling, amateurish idiots. From letting people walk into their base of operation just because they happen to know the password, to letting prisoners escape. And it's never revealed what in this document could possibly be so compromising, yet the whole plot revolves around finding it, bit lame.