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Diez negritos by Agatha Christie

16 reviews

joliebean's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

gamora_zen1's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Classism

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

devirtualized's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny and Pregnancy

verpissdich's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Essentially no details extraneous to the plot are included in the book. This allows for extremely rapid and tense plot progression at the expense of any meaningful character development. The book therefore reads more as a series of facts in a logic puzzle than an emotional journey. Nonetheless the book is short enough that the plot and mystery are enough to retain the reader's attention.

I would have preferred not to have the "message in the bottle" at the end. Now if I reread it won't be quite as interesting, although it will have a new perspective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

kwichris's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

For as much as I enjoy older literature, I can't believe it took me this long to read Agatha Christie! She truly is in a class above the rest in making murder mysteries that truly keep you guessing. It's easy to see how later films, shows, and books have used this novel in particular as a framework (i.e. the movie Clue opens and has very similar scenes in the beginning for instance). While I did find the story captivating and thrilling to read through, there were a few things I took issue with. I've always disliked when authors insert obscure or rarely used words despite the rest of their writing being wholly different in tone and style (i.e. Christie uses "verisimilitude" for instance as something a character says, which even an educated person would probably have used other verbiage in this time/setting). I also dislike when an author continuously uses ONE adjective repeatedly for EVERYTHING. Christie does this with the word "queer" (the older version of the word mind you), and she makes every character say or think practically everything is "queer." There are dozens of other words that she could've used to broaden the diction of her characters and world, but, alas, it's the one she stuck with until the very end. Overall, I did quite enjoy the story and the surprise at the end, demonstrating her aptitude for mystery writing that is hard to match, and I do recommend it to anyone considering it. Now, to check out some other Christie novels and see what other mysteries she has in store!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, and Grief

seanml's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

A fun and very quick whodunnit. No character acted dumb given the circumstances, and it did not overstay its welcome. I didn't solve it! 8/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Suicide, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, and Car accident

bennoyb's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Blood, and Murder

qu1ncy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Suicide, and Car accident

lalu's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Wow. This was quite something! I couldn't help myself but read the second half in one sitting. 

Ten people are invited to "Soldier Island" under different pretences. It turns out that each one caused the death of someone in a way that was untouchable by law.

One after another they all die.

Here are some of the guesses/suspicions I had while reading. None of them were correct.

When Mr Rogers was seen outside and very shortly afterwards was seen in the attic, I thought he might have a twin or doppelganger. 
The way Ms Brent wrote in her diary and also went outside on her own... Very suspicious! 
When the last five sat in the drawing room and we could read each ones thoughts I thought the last one was Blore and therfore suspected him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Religious bigotry