Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

5 reviews

whynotreadwithalex's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

Classic. Agatha Christie is the best for a reason. Never ever disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

decembermagpie's review against another edition

adventurous informative lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Self harm, Medical content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

alerasaul0's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.5

Woof, I forgot how racist, classist,, and misogynistic Agatha Christie's writing is. I understand part of it being the time it was written in but I won't be reading any of her other works again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

leighannezinsmeister's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

caribbeangirlreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.0

This is my second attempt to read an Agatha Christie book.  The first one was a 1-star / DNF affair.  This one will get two stars because I actually finished the book because: (1) I want to be ready for book club discussion and (2) I want to compare it to the adaptation coming out February, 2022.  I'm going to assume that A.C., being a woman of her time and place, is just as racist, sexist, xenophobic and jingoistic in all of her books.  In addition, this book, which is supposedly one of her top 10, is not all that.  I understand that there are books that are plot driven, but the characters in this book are so full of stereotypes and clichés you might hurt yourself with all the eye-rolling.  The murder doesn't even happen until half-way through the book and then we spend the next 150 pages going back and forth with Poirot about about all his different theories.  I guess these theories are supposed to be "plot twists" but after a while I just wanted to scream at Poirot to just get over himself, put us all out of our misery, and tell us whodunnit.  When that finally happens, I was so over this book that the unveiling of the mystery was actually anti-climatic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism and Medical content