sandralaurentino's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Murder, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, and Kidnapping
annaminka99's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism
jerusha's review
- 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? No
1.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Classism, Racism, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Racial slurs
mmkn_99's review
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Casual racism should be expected in an older book, but it nearly made me stop reading it. Yes, product of the times and maybe the characters were written that way so that they weren’t likable… I’m not sure, but I did finish the book because I wanted to find out how it all ended.
Content Warnings
Minor: War, Racism, and Xenophobia
julied's review
adventurous
lighthearted
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? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Fatphobia, Murder, Racism, and Kidnapping
shonaberu's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
keb3's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
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
3.0
Some very dubious comments about race in this book, partially set in South Africa and what was Rhodesia. However, it is from nearly 100 years ago.
I found the female characters particularly fun, even if they didn’t del very three-dimensional. Love a strong female protagonist! However, I didn’t find the mystery particularly compelling - OK, but not my favourite Christie - and the romance was especially forced.
A quick, easy read for my Agatha Christie reading challenge for 2022.
I found the female characters particularly fun, even if they didn’t del very three-dimensional. Love a strong female protagonist! However, I didn’t find the mystery particularly compelling - OK, but not my favourite Christie - and the romance was especially forced.
A quick, easy read for my Agatha Christie reading challenge for 2022.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
sunny_not's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
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
3.5
The book started off so fun, it was almost like watching an action movie. However due to its racism and misogyny and the weird Tarzan-Jane like dynamic between the main couple I couldn't enjoy this fully.
Spoiler
Also Anne saying that the killer is nice???? What???? She had some serious issues. I also felt like the whole "I'm not Lucas I'm Harry" thing was pointless.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Stalking, and Violence
ariel_isais's review
adventurous
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? No
3.5
Note--aside from the racism & colonialism regular in British lit of the era, uses the G slur for Traveller people as a nickname for a character.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Sexism