Reviews tagging 'War'

Mert többen nincsenek by Agatha Christie

38 reviews

wildflower_magic's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Agatha Christie is the queen of mystery. This whodunit had me invested from page one. Such good plot twists! Some language definitely didn't age well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Blood, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Terminal illness, Abortion, and War

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

magimiel's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident and War

wyabook234's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: War

vanillaaa's review against another edition

dark 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

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexism, Antisemitism, Car accident, and War

_pauline's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

the first 36 pages were hard to get through & I thought I‘d never be able to remember/tell the characters apart anyway. Then it got more interesting, a lot more fast-paced (& I actually knew who was who) and although I still don’t like the writing style - I know it’s a classic & was written more than 80 yrs ago but still - it was overall not bad and the ending surprised me

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident and War

anj's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Racism, Pregnancy, and War

allie_bee's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Child death and War

jcreads85's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was my first Agatha Christie novel. I didn’t hate it, but neither was it a 4 or 5 star either. It was intriguing but her tales don’t age well in some ways. I do think I’ll give her work another chance; however, I'm not part of the camp who will say she’s top notch. At least, not yet. I can say, though, that I see how her books and writing style transfer well to the screen. 

I’m grateful for the list of the cast of characters at the beginning. I just wish I hadn’t needed to reference it so much. I also loved the mini parts, basically a shift in perspective, within each chapter. However, this really started out slow and I almost put it aside. I was just so determined to get it read this month as it was so short.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, and War

I think I’d almost figured it out during the epilogue I just couldn’t figure out how it’d been done. I was uneasy when they’d said the revolver was found in the room of a character. It didn’t make sense when one of the last scenes said it’d fallen to the floor of the landing. Overall a good mystery, but no characters you could root for… I’m okay with morally gray…just prefer it not be 100% of the cast.

lollymac's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, War, and Classism