Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie

15 reviews

haemby's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was my first Miss Marple book I've read. As Agatha Christie always does, I was intrigued and surprised by the twists in the plot. I thought I was certain of the guilt of one character that I overlooked the true enemy. 

But, this is no surprise! Every detail is given for you to follow. I loved the way this was laid out. The only problem was that I got a bit confused at several points following the language and stories with certain characters. Other than that, this was truly a mystery!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, and Medical content

adventurouspotato's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Death, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Colonisation

epeolatri's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Sexism and Sexual assault

megelizabeth's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

"When you think of people, it is in the image you have made of them for yourself."

I always love a Miss Marple, but this one stuck out for me as being really genuinely entertaining. I was worried going in that I might not enjoy the Caribbean setting (only because it's hard to imagine a Marple story not set in an unhinged English village!), but it actually worked so, so well (and I of course loved that our girl Jane was in it from the beginning <3). 

It was a brilliantly compelling read and, whilst I did manage to work out who the culprit was, it was still so intriguing seeing everything come together and there were still some great twists and turns. I absolutely adored a friendship that Miss Marple makes too. Just an all-round super enjoyable time, but with enough trademark underlying darkness!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, and Blood

tiggum's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.0

In the past, I haven't been as taken with Miss Marple as with Poirot, but I quite enjoyed this one. The mystery was also very good - extremely twisty but wrapped up neatly by the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Self harm, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Minor: Terminal illness, Blood, and Stalking

fyre_flies's review against another edition

mysterious slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide and Xenophobia

literaryrevisited'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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Colonisation

mary_juleyre's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

allylund9's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Loved it! It took me about two days to read and to be honest I got so into it I barely did anything else. The language is easy enough and the story is captivating. Perfect to read in summer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death