Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

11 reviews

boydgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Suicide

Moderate: Gun violence, Stalking, Murder, Racism, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Fatphobia

nvemihere's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Addiction, Death, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Infidelity, Blood, Gun violence, Sexism, Classism, and Suicide

ishouldbereading's review

mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

I KNEW IT ONCE AGAIN, I'M GENIUS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Classism, Medical content, Blood, Fatphobia, and Suicidal thoughts

katharina_s's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Suicide, and Misogyny

Moderate: Fatphobia

lily1304's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Just like with Murder on the Orient Express, I tried SO hard to figure it out - took notes, reread practically the whole book. And it turned out my main theory was RIGHT and it was SO deeply satisfying!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Death, Suicide, and Infidelity

Moderate: Classism, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Medical content

Minor: Grief, Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

lqne's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Stalking

jkpiowa's review

adventurous mysterious slow-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

I'm really disappointed in this. It's the first time an Agatha Christie book had an ending I guessed at once, and the first I really didn't enjoy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Minor: Alcoholism

dorsetreader's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Fatphobia, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Racism

sunny_not's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

I didn't enjoy it a lot at first but then I really liked the last half of it. A great read but there are some problematic ideas in it.

Spoiler

my favorite character was Jacqueline and I didn't want her to be the killer so much but I loved the twist. The only problem is (other than fatphobia) however I've seen this twist in Endless Night so I guessed it at one point. I thought she probably didn't do the same thing twice right? Wrong she did it again.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

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, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism and Medical content