Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

ABC mordene by Agatha Christie

9 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

bookshelfhannah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Murder

sappypatheticm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Terminal illness and War

hollystopreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Sooooooooooooooooo good! the queen of mystery never misses! Read most of it in three days. 💖

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Fatphobia and Sexism

All the sexism and racism and fat shaming feels authentic to the time and is done with an air of humor.

bookthief's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Agatha Christie has done it once again. She has written a brilliant murder mystery that has kept me hooked from the beginning.

The murders were very cleverly thought out, by going through the alphabet through names and places. I thought that was very clever and it’s the first time I’ve come across anything like it.

Hercule Poirot was, once again, solved a very complex mystery that was delivered on his door step (literally). He was very methodical in trying to work out who the murderer was. He kept many secrets in the dark about the case, which were unexpected.

I did not expect Franklin Clarke to be the murderer at all. Agatha Christie led us readers on to believe it was innocent Mr Crust. And I have to say I did believe it was Mr Crust.

At the beginning of the book, I felt quite overwhelmed by the amount of characters that had suddenly appeared, and it took me a while to figure out who was related to which murder, who believed in what, etc.

The writing of this book is very simple and easy to read along with, and it’s a great book to start reading murder mysteries. I would 100% recommend reading this book, as it’s a short book that can be classified as a standalone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Blood, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

thumbeleia's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

heini's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt

ximevillarejo's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, and Murder

dorsetreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail