Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Diez negritos by Agatha Christie

22 reviews

traciereads's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Misogyny, Torture, and Grief

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

fmt23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

There is a reason why Agatha Christie is considered the Queen of Crime

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-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

I enjoyed this book! I did guess the murderer early in the book but I couldn't have predicted the twist. A short and enjoyed read although a tad slow in places. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

leosaki's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Whoever invented Saw read this and was like I can make it worse
There's a character who's racist as fuck and would k!ll a child if it came down to it, but they'd draw the line at throwing out a woman bc she got pregnant unwed which is kind of a wild way to have morals

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chaotically_katie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

It was AMAZING.  I’m a murder mystery person through and through, and it was incredible to read such a good classic!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

leeyongjin'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Classism

copiani's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide

mirandyli'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? Yes

2.0

I had to read this book in high school and remembered enjoying it, but after learning about the book's racist past, I'm giving it a low rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol