Reviews tagging 'Racism'

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

153 reviews

maralyn2215's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

If you don't like 💀, don't read this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Suicide

clagofr's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Violence, Suicide, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, and Medical content

kimmag92's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

This was my first time reading And Then There Were None but I had watched the 2015 BBC mini series.  The series did a fantastic job of adapting the story and all the twists and turns were great to read.  The thing I disliked the most about this book was the anti-Semitism Christie includes regarding the character Morris.  I knew some of her works were quite anti-Semitic after reading Lucy Worsley's biography of Christie and that she did receive push back for it during her life; it was still jarring to read though. One aspect of the book I did find interesting was how much some things do not change.  At the start of the book one of the characters is disparaging young people and their comments could have been written today. 

And Then There Were None is a seminal work of the mystery thriller genre and if you do not know the solution or don't remember all the twists from the show it is worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism

kemrick19's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Racism, Suicide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, and Self harm

knotsorry'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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, and Racism

parisfba09'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

 the story is objectively thrilling and the moral re: ethics and justice are interesting but the racism makes it hard to have fun with this book. even though they changed the title my edition had “natives don’t mind dying” on page 57. not sure if i just had an old edition or what

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

goodolnicole's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Car accident, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, and Violence

kitkat_reads93'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? It's complicated

2.0

I would’ve given this a solid 3.5 until I looked into it’s racist history. It’s an okay mystery, but I regret reading it after finding out it’s original title. If you’re considering reading this, please look into the book’s history so that you can choose not to read it or read it with that information in mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Gun violence, Death, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, and Colonisation

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

adelekittey's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

1.5

Big no

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Racism, Antisemitism, and Racial slurs