Reviews tagging 'Death'

Crooked House by Agatha Christie

20 reviews

pbraue13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

writteninmagic's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

short but very good mystery. one of my favorite christie’s alongside the obvious classics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

dexkit10's review

dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Terminal illness and Car accident

risemini's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

strawberrydaydream'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? No

4.75

A mystery full of twists and turns, leaving one suspicious of everyone involved. Extremely satisfying ending. Is now one of my favourite Christie novels.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse

rwoodward's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Child death, Car accident, and Classism

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Child death, Car accident, Death of parent, and War

lunar_witch's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Mental illness, and Classism

bellaguiliano's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder