Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Os Crimes do Abc by Agatha Christie

56 reviews

thumbeleia's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ximevillarejo's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, and Murder

coreyarch9's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

"We are in the peculiar position of not knowing which questions to ask."

Whenever I read a Hercule Poirot mystery, it inevitably feels derivative, which isn't a fair assessment since Christie's works tend to precede (and provide the blueprint for) other mysteries I read. Regardless, this series never fails to deliver a fast-paced mystery that keeps you guessing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

sophiemartin's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

simply_fran's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Xenophobia

Minor: Emotional abuse

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

The story is perfectly written and pointed, the twists and turns of the storyline are well placed.  I enjoyed reading this book, but it took me a while to get used to the difference between the book and the tv series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcoholism and Suicide attempt

h2so4's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

bellaguiliano's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

emmaward55's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is the second Hercule Poirot book I've read and I've got to hand it to Agatha Christie, she is a marvelous storyteller. It's funny to read tropes that she had a big part in popularizing and to think of them as cliched because you've first come across all the works inspired by her, but I think that happened here. I don't know why this wasn't a five star read for me, but it could have been. 

I love everything about Poirot as a character, and his dedication to his craft and his desire to retire and just garden is honestly so relatable. I too like to dye my hair and wind up policemen and call things "queer".

Time for the next mystery!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and War

Mental illness: A character has anxiety and epileptic fits. Domestic abuse: Mentions of a m/f relationship where both verbally abused each other. Also another man is extremely jealous and temperamental about his female partner. We never see any of this explicitly on the page.

chiaraaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Xenophobia