Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie

7 reviews

flyintothestorm's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

Me ha sorpendido muy gratamente esta colección de relatos. Las historias son un poco apresuradas, es cierto, pero tienen el encanto de Agatha Christie. Además, el carácter de Poirot no es tan insufrible como en otros casos y el final le da un toque que funciona perfecto como cierre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

notentirelyme's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Suicide

arthur_pendrgn's review

slow-paced

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

 Every once in a while, I try a Poirot. My reaction is the same: he's a boring, condescending snob who mocks those who seek his help. His assistants do all of the leg work. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

jacs63's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

As a young adult I read lots of Agatha Christie stories. 
They are the reason for my love of mystery/thriller type novels. 
I haven't read one for ages and just picked this up by accident. 
It's a set of 12 short stories, and I usually don't like short stories, but these were enjoyable, easy to read and fun. Thy do hold all the understandable issues within the writing that that we can see today; the sexism, racism; classism, outdated attitudes etc. There is a lot of talk about the abomination that is cocaine. (It was apparently new back then.) 
I gave them 3 stars because they are what they are. 
Yes they are very outdated, but they still light, fun stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Murder, and Classism

mandkips's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Racism, and Suicide

exlibrissum's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Murder

elsakern's review against another edition

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, and Antisemitism

Minor: Ableism, Racism, and Suicide