Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

5 reviews

karen_lo's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

a m a z i n g
Kept me guessing the whole time, I was never right.
Truly the queen of mystery. The book is fast-paced and it goes straight to the point. I loved the clues and how it is narrated 🤩

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Hate crime, Violence, Suicide, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, and Child death

katsusho_'s review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

- This story is quite fascinating and I had quite a good time reading it. The pacing is great and it was quite easy to get through -- just how I like it. 

 

Spoiler

 
It also helps that there was a pattern to the murders and that it was one at a time, thus it was easier to digest.

My only qualm about it was how the epilogue implied that the murderer was someone not amongst the guests, though throughout the book it insists that no one else could be found guilty. I found that quite unsatisfactory.   

And of course the fact that Agatha Christie is racist is quite disappointing.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Child death, Drug use, Hate crime, Suicide, and Racism

fallisdying's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Classism, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Hate crime

Minor: Suicide

ridhima_sh03's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

egurgens's review against another edition

challenging dark informative 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

4.5

I honestly had no idea who the killer was until the very end of the epilogue. Ten people are invited to this mysterious island by a U.N. Owens, for different reasons. The doctor was to attend to the owner's wife's health. One was hired for a job. The one thing all of the characters have in common is that they are all guilty of murder, but cannot be convicted by the law. Following the pattern of deaths laid out by a children's poem, one chokes to death, one never wakes up, one went crazy, one was cut by an axe, one was stung, one was in trouble with the law, one fell for a red herring, a bear killed one, another freaked out and was killed, and the last went mad and killed themselves. There were only 10 people on the island, and all of them are dead by the end. However, the last person kicked over a chair to kill themselves, and the detectives found the chair upright, standing orderly by the wall. So who could have killed everyone? There was no place to hide from the inhabitants, and no one was left alive on the unreachable island when the detectives showed up. So who could have killed them? The only person who was truly innocent of the supposed murder they committed and wanted to take justice into their own hands. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicide, and Violence